About Me

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Who Is J. Hawki? 

I am a proud author, black female, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and Christian mentor who is driven by a desire to write well, so that readers who invest their time, attention, and money to support my  work are left feeling satisfied and rewarded when they reach the end of my books, short stories, articles, blogs or posts.  I want readers enjoy what I've written.  I want to connect with you,to share commonality and explore differences.  My primary goal is to entertain, but if I happen to provoke thoughts, feelings, and 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.  I graduated from the Lake Clifton High School, and briefly attended Morgan State University.  But life intervened, and I had to forgo my education for a time and focus on my marriage and children. I continued to read voraciously and began to seriously consider writing, later compiling a group of short stories, all written long-hand, 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.