Jeff Rivera

Jeff Rivera (born September 5, 1976, in Salt Lake City, Utah), is an American novelist who writes books targeted at young adults. His most recent work, Forever My Lady, was released by Warner Books in July 2007. He is also the author of Oh Yes I Can! (2003).

Forever My Lady

Forever My Lady is a story about a Latino juvenile delinquent who transforms his life in prison boot camp in order to win back the love of the girl he lost. Rivera was inspired to write the story when, after a period living in his car, he met a former gang member who turned his life around. Before it was picked up by Warner Books, 8,000 copies were in circulation in both print and electronic versions that Rivera had self-published.

Harriet Klausner called it "a terrific character driven redemption tale".

Recognition

Mahogany Media Award for Best New Author and Best Urban Fiction (2007)

References

External links

Official website

Publishers Weekly review of Forever My Lady

Stories from the street, National Public Radio

Midwest Review

1976 births

Living people

21st-century American novelists

African-American novelists

American male novelists

Writers from Salt Lake City

American writers of young adult literature

21st-century American male writers

Novelists from Utah

21st-century African-American writers

20th-century African-American people

African-American male writers