Banks, Lena

Born under the sign of Virgo, Author Lena Banks (A.K.A. PoeticQueen Banks) was raised on the south side of Toledo, Ohio. Being an ambitious student of life she strives to always know more and have more. After becoming a single mother of two kids and enduring a long struggle of heartaches, trials and tribulations, she has decided not to allow her past to overcome her future. "In order to get to where you're going, you have to know from which you came," is one of her mottos. "Straight out the womb with a pen and a pad," is how she describes when her writing begun. Her inspiration to write comes