Award Winning Author Mikal El-Amin to Exhibit Debut Novel at Leimert Park Book Fair Alongside Movie Stars & Prolific Authors.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 21, 2010 -- Award winning author Mikal El-Amin is scheduled to exhibit his remarkable debut novel 187 Iz An Art, at this year’s 2010 Leimert Park Book Fair. The Leimert Park Book Fair is an annual literary and culture event which is held during the summer at the historic Leimert Park in Los Angeles, California, and is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 26 from 10am-6pm.

As stated by the Leimert Park Village Book Fair “Leimert Park was chosen as the host venue site because of its importance as the cultural/artistic center of the African American Community in Los Angeles. Today, the Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair attracts over 200 authors, poets, spoken word artists, storytellers, performers, and literary/educational exhibitor participants – and boasts an audience of over 5,000.”

This year’s festival has an all-star roster of actors and prolific authors such as Louis Gossett Jr., Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kim Wayans, Eric Jerome Dickey, Tananarive Due and many others. Mikal El-Amin is also a confirmed author for this event and states he plans to exhibit the award winning 187 Iz An Art so that he can continue to gain exposure for his title.

El-Amin describes 187 Iz An Art as “a fiction novel that provides the reader an extraordinary true glimpse of why youths in urban environments turn to a life of street activities. 187 Iz An Art mirrors the reality of many urban environments without glorifying any of the events which typically take place in such a setting. We achieved this by starting the characters out at an early age to show what made them get immersed into the streets. So whether a person agrees or not with the idea of drug dealing they understood why the characters in the novel lead that type of lifestyle.”

187 Iz An Art to date has won the following awards: 2009 Los Angeles Book Festival Award Winner, 2010 San Francisco Book Festival Award Winner, 2010 New York Book Festival Honorable Mention.

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