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About… Clay Anderson Author of The Black Rose MurderClay Anderson grew up in Oakland, CA during a time when our country was going through tremendous change concerning human rights. He graduated from high school during the Vietnam era, was drafted and served three years in the communication field in the military where he was stationed in Germany.After his tour of duty was up, Anderson enrolled in San Francisco State University, where he graduated with a BA in communication with an emphasis on film. He became a lecturing professor at the University while he worked toward a master’s degree. During that time he was offered a job with the federal government, accepted it, and left the master’s program.In the early 1970’s Anderson worked with the General Services Administration as a contract administrator and negotiator. He was in charge of purchasing government materials on national contracts that exceeded ten-million dollars a year. He retired from the federal government after twenty-five years of service.Throughout his life, Anderson has been involved in the film industry. He worked with a number of European production companies who were interested in his unique perspective on American culture. He also worked with a San Francisco based production company, The Mendelssohn Film Group, and had affiliations with editors at Francis Ford Coppola’s production studio.After retirement, Anderson renewed his commitment to the arts, taking up abstract painting as well as writing.His first novel, The Black Rose Murder follows the story of Detective Jason Justice, a late-thirties African-American male living in San Francisco. He owns a well-respected personal service company that is contracted to provide security in downtown San Francisco, as well as all the embassies in the Bay Area to provide security for diplomats. Justice is an educated, affluent member of his community, makes a good living, and enjoys the finer things in life. His most recent case involves tracking down two men involved in a plot to embezzle money from a large government project in the San Francisco Bay area. These true to life projects, The Treasure Island project and The Hunter’s Point project, are both regularly in the national news and there is currently an ongoing investigation.Anderson currently resides in Hercules, California.The Black Rose Murder, Mr. Anderson’s freshman novel is an intriguing, energetic novel. The Black Rose Murder captures the readers’ attention & offers several unexpected plot twists adding an element of surprise & unpredictability. The main character, Detective Jason Justice is a high profile private eye & a part of the affluent African American community in the bay area. Well connected politically as well as socially, Mr. Justice navigates the world of bay area white collar criminals, politicians & socialites with great dexterity & aplomb. Mr. Justice is able to shift his mood & social etiquette as easily as he changes lanes in his brand new Mercedes. To call this captivating character ‘likeable’ is an understatement. Jason Justices character has loveable boyish qualities that make it almost possible to overlook & even forgive his play boyish ways. Any reader that takes the time to read this refreshing mystery will be hard pressed to overlook the rest of the ‘Jason Justice’ series…(Coming soon to a bookstore near you) TO BUY NOW CLICK BOOKCOVER!!!All BOOKS PURCHASED AT THIS SITE ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR...& YOU ALSO RECEIVE A FREE SPOKEN WORD POETRY CD..."ENJOY READING WE ENJOY WRITING" -BLACK GALAXY PUBLICATIONS TO BUY NOW CLICK BOOKCOVER!!!All BOOKS PURCHASED AT THIS SITE ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR...& YOU ALSO RECEIVE A FREE SPOKEN WORD POETRY CD..."ENJOY READING WE ENJOY WRITING" -BLACK GALAXY PUBLICATIONS

My Interests

The creation of quality novel in all genres for the reading enjoyment of the public.

I'd like to meet:

Readers....Black Rose Murder and Other Cases by Clay Anderson AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR BREATHS NEW LIFE INTO STALE CULTURAL ISSUE: NEW BOOK OFFERS POSITIVE, ENTERTAINING PORTRAYAL OF BLACK COMMUNITYFor decades, the media and literature have largely depicted the Black- American community as criminals, welfare recipients, drug and sex addicts, gang-bangers, or, on the other end of the spectrum, multi-millionaire sports figures and music moguls with nothing to strive for in between. From movies like The Mack, Super-fly, and Dolamite to rappers like 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg portraying a hardened way of life that includes drugs, gangs, police shootings and ‘hos’, positive African-American portrayals remain scarce. Whole generations of young Black-Americans think the only things that they could only be a professional in are athlete, actor, singer, rapper, comedian, or gangster only those high a profile stereotypes that don’t require them to extend the intellectual ability. Statistically it has been found that the chances of Black-America becoming one of these high-profile professions are virtually impossible. Now, one Black-American man is stepping forward and personally taking it upon himself to negate the decades of stereotypes placed on the black community in a unique way into proclaim that the there are many Black-Americans go to work everyday in excellent professions that contribute to keep in America number one in the world in intellectual properties. Following in the footsteps of advocacy groups like YAAMS (Young African-Americans Against Media Stereotypes) and the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Clay Anderson, critically acclaimed author of Black Rose Murder is taking important steps to mitigate the negative portrayal of the black community in media and literature, not through his voice, but rather through his powerful words. Black Rose Murder follows the story of Detective Jason Justice, a late-thirties African American male living in San Francisco. He owns a well respected personal service company that is contracted to provide security in downtown San Francisco as well all the embassies in the Bay Area to provide security for their diplomats. Justice is an educated, affluent member of his community, makes a good living, and enjoys the finer things in life. His most recent case involves tracking down two men involved in a plot to embezzle money from a large government project in the San Francisco Bay area. These true to life projects, The Treasure Island project and The Hunt Point project, are both regularly in the national news and there is an ongoing investigation into them at the present moment. “The unique thing about my book,” Anderson explains, “is that it doesn't deal with preconceived stereotypes of Black-Americans in the current world today. There are a lot of black people who are respected members in their communities, such as San Francisco’s recently elected black mayor.” “As a person who lives in a similar environment as my character Jason Justice,” Anderson adds, “I know how hard it is to get the press or politicians to recognize the progress that Black-Americans have made over the last 30 years, whether is it working in high-power positions or being leaders in their professions in those very important jobs you don't hear about every day.” “Often, the best way to make positive change, or at least contribute toward improvement of social issues is to wrap a message in entertainment.”Clay Anderson grew up in Oakland, California, in a time when our country was going through tremendous change concerning human rights. He graduated from high school during the Vietnam era spent three years in the military in Germany in the communication field. After his tour ended, Anderson entered San Francisco State University where received a BA in Communications with an emphasis on film. He started work on his masters and was a lecturing professor at the university. In the early 1970’s he took a job with the General Services Administration as a contract administrator and a contract negotiator where he was in charge of purchasing government material with national contracts. He retired from the federal government after 25 years of service and started getting into more creative ventures including writing his first novel, Black Rose Murder. He currently lives in Hercules, Ca.

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TO BUY NOW CLICK BOOKCOVER!!!All BOOKS PURCHASED AT THIS SITE ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR...& YOU ALSO RECEIVE A FREE SPOKEN WORD POETRY CD..."ENJOY READING WE ENJOY WRITING" -BLACK GALAXY PUBLICATIONS

Music:

Old School,Maze & Frankie Beverly, The Commodores, Marin Gaye etc...

Movies:

The Godfather,The Mack, What the bleep do we know, Ray....etc.

Television:

overrated unless Blk Galx Ent. produces the show.

Books:

Upcoming novels from Black Galaxy Publications...

Heroes:

Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”All OF MANKIND THAT OVERCOME OUR DEEPEST FEAR!!!