JaQuavis Coleman, the New York Times bestselling author of the Dopeman Trilogy, first burst onto the scene at the age of eighteen and quickly became a nationwide literary phenomenon. He and his wife, Ashley Antoinette, have co-authored numerous street fiction classics. With the birth of the Cartel series, the Ashley & JaQuavis brand took off. In 2013 twenty-seven year old Coleman was honored by Ebony magazine as being one of the top one hundred most influential African Americans.