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THE AUTHOR

Alvin Lloyd Alexander Horn is a best-selling author and spoken word artist and has had one bestselling book entitled BRUSH STROKES. The big news now is that Alvin L.A. Horn's newest novel is already climbing the national charts with his soon to be released book entitled ~PERFECT CIRCLE~. Aside from being an author of romantic-erotic fiction, Alvin is a known poet, and spoken word artist and musician.

BIOGRAPHY

Alvin L.A. Horn has lived and breathed the Northwest air and floated in all the nearby rivers and streams leading the Pacific Ocean. As in the writings of Hemmingway, and poetry of Langton Hughes, and novels of Walter Mosley their writings are all the byproduct of their youthful environments and travels. Alvin's African American experiences in his Emerald City background shines through in his poetry, short stories and novels.

Growing up in the "liberal on the surface" Seattle lifestyle, Alvin experienced seeing Black people with jobs, who could go most places, and had no stereotypical ghettos. He feels his writing was triggered by his mother sending him to the library when she placed him "on restriction, often for daydreaming in school." He also credits the "little gray-haired white lady, the librarian," for introducing him to the likes of Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Upon reading the work of Nikki Giovanni Alvin knew he wanted to be a writer of love stories and poetry.

Alvin has shared that some of his erotic writing imagination came from his dad leaving Playboy magazines in a not so secret place. "My friends fixated the pictures, but me I just read the stories, most of the time." Alvin also had a storied athletic career as an athlete and coach and as a musician; the knowledge and talent from those backgrounds shows in his writings.

Alvin played sports at the University of New Mexico in the mid70's, and had short sports careers after college. Before launching his writing career, there was a fifteen-year stint in the aerospace industry. For the last fifteen-years he has worked in the field of education; teaching life-skills, poetry and creative writing, while working with at-risk kids. Alvin is a highly acclaimed spoken word artist which has allowed him to travel and promote his art of words. He has balanced his writing career alongside doing voice-overs for radio and TV, music, video, and movie productions, and acting. His writings have appeared in many periodicals ranging from fiction to erotica.

Although you may catch Alvin all over the Northwest reciting his poetry and playing stand-up bass at different venues, he still has a love for Houston, Hot-lanta, Vegas, Vancouver B.C., and most parts of California and New York. Most of all he loves being on the back deck of his house boat writing love poetry and stories.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Brush Strokes (December 2005    2. Perfect Circle (October 2012)

AWARDS September 2012 Spokenword Billboard Awards - Canton, Michigan
 * Nominee for Category 29 – Spoken word award for best male expressionist of the year – Erotic/sensual/romantic

EXTERNAL LINKS

Official Website

Facebook Page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Alvin-LA-Horn/225776917502995

Mr. Romantic Blues

Romantic Blues Facebook Page

MySpace Page

Amazon Author Page

Simon & Schuster Author Page