Growing Pains

The author of "Betrayal" and "Eye for an Eye" delivers a suspenseful coming-of-age street novel about a teenager with great potential who finds himself torn between his teacher's hopes for him to work hard and his best friend's plan to make some fast money.

Dwayne S. Joseph has been writing since he was 13 years old. In his senior year in high school he won second place in the National Scholastic Writing Competition for his short story “Playtime,” and at age 27 he became a professionally published author with the release of his novel The Choices Men Make. He’s the author of ten novels, including The Womanizers, Never Say Never, If Your Girl Only Knew, In Too Deep, and 'Til It's Gone, and has contributed short stories to several anthologies, including the Essence bestselling Around the Way Girls. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.