About the Author Marcus T. Bland was born in Dinwiddie, Va. He is from a small neighborhood called: Stony Springs. Marcus Bland is the second and youngest son of Australia Bland-Bolling. His older brother is Theodore Bland Jr. It was his family that first noticed Marcus had an incredible gift for writing. It was from that support that Marcus made his first efforts to write. He started out at eight years of age writing small comics that helped him and his friends deal with peer pressure and negative problems in their environments. Marcus also went on to write poems for birthdays, Valentine's Da...