Brenton Brown (29 page)

I’D LIKE TO SAY THANKS
to the usual suspects who have kept me going through this writing lark; my family, Laura Susijn, Courttia Newland, Kolton Lee, Nadifa Mohamed, Mia Morris, Yvonne Archer, Mark Norfolk, Shayne Donnelly, Denise
Grossett
, Gaverne Bennett, Barbara LeVette and her posse down at the Children’s Discovery Centre, numerous public, prison and school librarians and so many more.

A big thank you to my son, Marvin, for the brilliant cover art and a special mention to Jatinder, Jonathan, Katie and the rest of the crew down at Tara Arts who helped me produce my one-man Uprising show which tells the story behind
Brixton Rock
and
Brenton Brown
.

For more information on the good work of Streatham Youth Community Trust please go to: http://streathamyouthandcommunitytrust.org.uk

‘The biggest man you ever did see was once a baby,’ Bob Marley

ALEX WHEATLE
, of Jamaican origin, was born in South London. He is a founder member of the Crucial Rocker sound system, for whom he has written lyrics for performances. Alex is now working with Book Trust to introduce literature to the
dispossessed
; to this end he organises and holds workshops in prisons and young adult institutions. His fiction includes
Brixton Rock
(BlackAmber),
The Seven Sisters, East of Acre Lane
(re-issued by Harper Perennial),
Checkers
(co-written with Mark Parkham) and most recently,
Island Sounds
(Allison & Busby).