Frank C. Matthews

African-American writer of urban fiction (born 1972)

Frank C. Matthews

Born	(1972-07-13) July 13, 1972 (age 52) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Literary movement	Black literature
Notable works	Respect the Jux
Website
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Frank C. Matthews (born July 13, 1972) is an African-American writer of urban fiction. His works are influenced by Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines.

Biography

Matthews grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, New York.^[1]

In September 2010, director F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Set It Off, Friday, Law Abiding Citizen) bought the TV and film rights to Respect The Jux.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Bibliography

Respect the Jux (2006)

References

^ Simon & Schuster Author Frank C. Matthews
^ "Black Voices". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "Global Grind". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "Rolling Out Magazine". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
^ "F. Gary Gray Acquires Film Rights To Crime Novel "Respect the Jux", Shadow and Act, September 13, 2010.

External links

Simon and Schuster
April Pohren, "Interview: Frank C. Matthews, Author of Respect the Jux", Blog Critics, January 9, 2011. Archived August 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
"From down and out to selling 20,000 books: Interview with former inmate and author Frank C. Matthews", Literarily Speaking, January 14, 2011.
AALBC Author
Samson Styles, "The Power Of The Pen!", BET (Black Entertainment Television), October 27, 2010.