A valedictorian and contributing author to nationally published Bernard Percy books during elementary school, L.A. finished high school in Brooklyn, then went off to college in Los Angeles and graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta before the writing bug really hit. An internship led to a 10 year marketing job with CBS Records/Sony Music, where L.A. worked with almost every act on the record label, implemented dozens of sales/marketing campaigns, received numerous gold/platinum albums, awards, and traveled throughout the U.S., Canada and Jamaica attending industry events. Becoming