Join Marrio Matthews and Rajnii Eddins for an Author Share hosted by Black Dot Media exploring each writer's journey to being published, the art they create and what inspires them.

Marrio C. Mathews was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since middle school, he has completed several writing projects; none of which was published. However, after his family relocated to Texas as Hurricane Katrina Survivors, he vowed to turn his writings into a professional business venture. Once he moved to Seattle, Washington, he spent the first year of his life as a City-Year Seattle/King County AmeriCorps member. He would then hold two different jobs, attend Seattle Central Community College, and work on the Seattle Central Community College Leadership Board as the Executive of Communications while maintaining a scholarship. After gaining employment at a tech company, he developed the current iteration of Dream No More: Rise of a Lion – Book 1 and Book 2.

Originally from Seattle Washington, Spoken Word Poet/ Emcee and Teaching Artist Rajnii Eddins has been engaging diverse community audiences for over 27 years. He was the youngest member of the Afrikan American Writers Alliance at age 11 and has been actively sharing with youth and community in Vermont since 2010. His latest work Their Names Are Mine aims to confront white supremacy while emphasizing the need to affirm our mutual humanity.