Norwood Holland is a freelance writer, lawyer.  He received his law degree from Howard University School of Law and earned a BA in English at Fisk University where he studied under the renowned Harlem Renaissance author Arna Bontemps.  A Washingtonian he favors D.C.'s local color in his fiction and currently writes the blog editorialindependence.com devoted to diversity issues and labor law.  To contact the author visit his website norwoodholland.com.