About Me

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Who Is J. Hawki? 

I am a multi-dimensional black woman, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, author, and Christian mentor who is driven by a desire to provide readers who invest their time, attention, and money to support my work with stories that leave them feeling satisfied and rewarded when they reach the end of my books, short stories, articles, blogs or posts (what a run-on)!  I want readers enjoy what I've written, I want to connect with them, share commonalities and explore differences.  My primary goal is to entertain, but if I happen to provoke thought, engender feelings, or provide inspiration by my words, I have fulfilled my purpose.   

My Back story

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, I spent my first ten years in the Cherry Hill and West Port  projects of south Baltimore, later moving to Wilson Park, a traditionally black, middle-class community in an expressly segregated city.  I graduated from the Lake Clifton High School, and briefly attended Morgan State University.  But life intervened and my formal education was delayed for a time, while I focused on my marriage and family.

I began to seriously consider writing after compiling a group of short stories, written long-hand in the wee hours; some of which I intend to publish for the first time on this site. 

By the nineties I was using both a typewriter and word processor, and I started writing the book that would become, Elephants and Chopping Blocks Retain Their Natural Color, the first edition of which was self-published in 2012. 

Working in Health Care Administration and Information since the early eighties, I retired from that field in 2017.  


In the above photo, I am hard a work in my home office, where I spend most of my time doing what I love best; writing.