New York: Macmillan, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Although this autobiography of growing up poor and Black in Harlem is now a classic at the time it was written, when Brown was still a young writer, just barely out of Harlem, it was a revolutionary and enlightening book. His goal was to "talk about the first Northern urban generation of Negroes... to talk about the experience of a misplaced generation, of a misplaced people in an extremely complex, confused society." . 415 pp.

Leaward, KS: Brash Books, (2014) dj. An LA Noir thriller - a fast and furious novel - sometimes violent, sometimes funny - set in Hollywood, featuring Ronnie Deal, who finds her career detoured when she intervenes in a drug deal gone bad. A reprint under his own name of the first book written by award-winning writer Gar Anthony Haywood under the Ray Shannon pseudonym and originally published in 2004. . 255 pp. ISBN: 978-1941298459.

New York: Putnam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An LA Noir thriller - a fast and furious novel - sometimes violent, sometimes funny - set in Hollywood, featuring Ronnie Deal, who finds her career detoured when she intervenes in a drug deal gone bad. SIGNED on the title page. The first book written by award-winning writer Gar Anthony Haywood under this pseudonym. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-399-149767.

New York: Putnam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An LA Noir thriller - a fast and furious novel - sometimes violent, sometimes funny - set in Hollywood, featuring Ronnie Deal, who finds her career detoured when she intervenes in a drug deal gone bad. SIGNED on the title page. The first book written by award-winning writer Gar Anthony Haywood under this pseudonym. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-399-149767.