Ray Childress. 42, born in Pittsburgh, PA., yet raised as well in Omaha Nebraska, and Compton California. Served a short tour in U.S. military (Honorable Discharge) prior to receiving a 25-to-life prison sentence for a joint Federal/State prosecution on racketeering, drugs, and gun charges. He began to write novels and screenplays to pass the time after turning down an offer to have a book written about the miss-steps he'd taken throughout his first 22 years of life before prison. Akila Cruz a.k.a The Ghostwriter, a.k.a The Mixie (Puerto Rican and Black), 31. A single mother to daughter, Ann M...