About the Author

Wayne L. Wilson was born in Los Angeles, California to a homicide detective and executive secretary. He received a Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in the Sociology and Anthropology of Education from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to establishing a career in writing, for over a decade Wilson co-owned and operated an international publishing company featuring innovative multicultural greeting cards and related gift items.

After an exciting career as an entrepreneur Wilson moved on to pursue his lifelong dream of being a professional writer. He was offered a writing position by the California Department of Education to interview influential Latino men throughout the country and wrote over 160 biographies for Encuentros: Hombre A Hombre (Encounters: Man to Man), a comprehensive vocational education book.

Shortly thereafter, Wilson was asked by Pomegranate Publishing to research and write quotes for a desktop calendar entitled Black Humor: Satire, Comedy, & Wit which was carried in major bookstore chains and stores.

Subsequently, Wilson was hired to write ten published books targeted toward young adults for Mitchell Lane Publishers. Wilson has also written short stories and essays that have been published in both commercial and literary magazines.


Wayne L. Wilson's debut novel, Soul Eyes, was rewarded with a three-book contract and published in October 2005 by Genesis Press and distributed by Kensington Publishing Corp. It launched the publisher's newest imprint Obsidian Fantasy Imprint. Accompanied by excellent reviews, the book was nominated by the publisher for a NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Literary Work.” Wilson is now writing his second novel with the working title, Spirits in the Dark.

Wilson is a screenwriter and a member of the Writers Guild of America. His first screenplay, The Ghostwriter, was optioned twice including by Magic Johnson Entertainment. After reading Wilson’s first screenplay, former chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Pictures, Casey Silver, hired Wilson, through his production company, to co-write a treatment and original screenplay for Universal. The screenplay, a musical, entitled Ryan and Angela centers on a high school interracial love affair in South Boston. Wilson is currently at work on his fourth original screenplay.

Recently, Wilson served as a contributing writer for the African American National Biography (AANB), a joint project of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African American Research at Harvard University and Oxford University Press. The unprecedented and extensive dictionary was published February 2008. Wilson’s newest short story, “The Messenger” will be published in an anthology book called The Darker Mask in August 2008.

"Magical Powers"

Just starting reading Mr. Wilson's book. On page 50.

Can't put it down, well just for a minute to write this. Here at my job, I feel like his spirit is RIGHT in front of me.

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December 21, 2007
By Ana Guevara

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