User:Pamward/Pam Ward designer/author

Pam Ward is a third generation native of Los Angeles." Her first novel entitled, "Want Some, Get Some," Kensington takes place a few years after the ’92 riots, which she literary wrote on her front porch while her city was scorched. Her second novel, "Bad Girls Burn Slow,” Aug. 08 is a wicked gaunt through the funeral business based on her life near Los Angeles’ oldest crematorium, Rosedale cemetery and the infamous McMartin PreSchool Trail. A UCLA graduate and recipient of a ‘California Arts Council Fellow in Literature’ and ‘New Letters Literary Award’ her work published in "Scream When you Burn," "Grand Passion: Anthology of Los Angeles poets," "Calyx," "Catch the Fire,” “Voices of Leimert Park” as well as her own self published chapbooks, entitled "Jacked-Up” and “Brutal Mood.” Pam has edited five anthologies including, "Picasso's Mistress," "What the Body Remembers" and  "The Supergirls Handbook: A Survival Guide of contemporary Los Angeles African American Female Poets." She has had short stories printed in "The Best American Erotica 2002, "Men We Cherish," and "Gynomite,” to name a few. Her work also appears in the forthcoming, cloth-bound collectors edition of “X.” Pam operates a graphic design studio in Los Angeles as well as mentors at ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN. She has served on the board of directors of BEYOND BAROQUE LITERARY FOUNDATION and was the artist in resident for the city of Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles. Merging writing and graphic design, Pam has produced the recent installation, “My Life, LA: The Los Angeles Legacy Project” a poster project which couples photographs with stories about the city, documenting the impact of black Angelenos. Pam is currently working on her third novel, "Stoves Don't Cry."