Eric Jerome Dickeyย (1961โ2021) was the award-winning andย New York Timesย bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novelย Sister, Sisterย was honored as one ofย Essenceโs โ50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,โ andย A Wanted Womanย won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels includeย The Blackbirds,ย Finding Gideon,ย Bad Men and Wicked Women,ย Before We Were Wicked,ย The Business of Lovers, andย The Son of Mr. Suleman.ย