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B. Benedict Braddock is a writer of urban and issue-based fiction. Braddock was born in 1968 to Eugene and Nora Braddock in New York, where he resided until early adulthood. He has two siblings, Stephen and Glenn. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, mainly residing in Florida, USA. Braddock has ties to Hollywood and is a noted screenwriter. Braddock wrote primarily for newsstand magazines such as Playboy and the New Yorker, as well as literary journals and short fiction anthologies until the success of his celebrated novella, A Street called Pain, in 1999. The acclaimed work launched Braddock's career in the urban fiction genre and won him world- wide acknowledgment. His work has continued to appear in mainstream periodicals as well as literary magazines over the past twenty years. He has continued to be successful with fiction collections such as "The Corner. Collected short works of urban fiction." Braddock's 2020 novel, "The Common life of Casey Malone," was an instant best-seller in the world-wide market and the second book in that series, Cotton and Candlelight, is expected in summer of 2020. Braddock is a known advocate for marginalized populations as well as for those suffering from domestic violence and abuse. Braddock is a veteran of the Urban fiction genre and continues to drive the resurgence in the market that has grown steadily since the early 1990's. Along with other Authors of note such as Sister Souljah, Wahida Clark, Carl Webber, K'wan, and others, Braddock has helped to rekindle a strong interest in street based fiction and deliver it to the mainstream market.