Danielle Santiago is the Essence® bestselling author of Little Ghetto Girl (2007), Grindin (2007) and Allure of the Game (2011) on Atria Books. She is also a contributor to the anthologies Crème, a novella, Street Love and Fantasy on (Triple Crown Publications) and the upcoming Soft: Cocaine Love Stories on Urban Books. Her work has been featured and reviewed in Black Expressions, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Urban Book Source and Black Planet Universal powered blog Hello Beautiful.Danielle Santiago's Little Ghetto Girl: A Harlem Story, a compelling portrayal of the challenges young women face in underprivileged communities across America,was an Essence magazine #1 bestseller. Santiago wrote and self published Little Ghetto Girl in 2002. The book helped her land a multiple book deal with Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. Atria re-issued the first title and published the next two of the Harlem girl series--Grindin and Allure of the GameAlways seeking to take her career to the next level, Danielle signed with the Official Writers League (OWL) in 2012 after being tapped by founders' Ashley & Jaquavius to lead off their elite roster of writers. Danielle recently completed her first novel on OWL, The Conglomerate, and is currently at work on The Circle: Fallon's Story, a joint collaboration with Ashley & Jaquavius.For Santiago her life has completely evolved from her former years in the music industry and the street life--she is now a national bestselling author and her life serves as the backdrop for great fiction. She is now a married with three children.The bestselling author knows that she is blessed with new opportunities to encourage others from running down the same track. Aside from penning novels her street life adventures inspired her to form the Mischievous Girls Foundation, an organization formed to lend support to misguided teens and battered women.
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