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Steve Burks

Age: 40

Location:
Dallas, Texas

Relationship Status Married

Children: Proud Parent

Occupation: Other

Interested In: Fiction, Non Fiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting

About Me: I'm a writer and musician in the Dallas area.

What I Write: screenplays, short stories, essays, and (coming soon) novels & non-fiction

Credits & Accomplishments: a few contest rankings

Hobbies composing music, piano, saxophone, voice, drums

Music: Rebecca Lynn Howard, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Thomas Whitfield, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Jam, John Williams, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, India Arie, Earth Wind and Fire, Bruce Hornsby, Prince, John Mayer, Frank McComb, Fantasia, Beyonce, Karina Pasian, Chaka Khan, Terry Dexter, Lalah Hathaway, Immortal Technique, Nas, Keyshia Cole, Faith Evans, Marcus Dorsey, Kim Burrell, Jill Scott, Kanye West, Ginny Owens, Mary J. Blige, Common, Deborah Cox, DJ Jazzy Jeff (always on beat!), Jennifer Hudson, Amy Winehouse, Mint Condition, Musiq Soulchild, Sara Groves, JoJo, A.D. the Voice, MC Lyte, Ruben Studdard, Michael Jackson, Stevvi Alexander, Joe, Rosie Gaines, Cee Lo, Darryl Coley, Chris Coleman, Take 6, Calvin Rodgers, Mike Bereal, Mike Burton, Tyron Cooper, Lance Tolbert, Chrisette Michele, Steve Jordan, Jazmine Sullivan, The Clark Sisters, Kirk Whalum, Emily King, Taalam Acey, Tracii Smith, Jonathan Butler, Maulty Jewell IV, Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton & New Breed, Crystal Aiken, Tamala Mann, Rachelle Ferrell, Chris Rice, John P. Kee, Kevin Bond, Mervyn Warren, Debra Killings, Kelly Price, Patrice Rushen, Whitney Houston, Umeki Neverson ...

Favorite Movies: Eagle Eye, War, Inc., August Rush, Scent of a Woman, What About Bob? Riding in Cars with Boys, Punch-Drunk Love, The Rookie, Seabiscuit, Whale Rider, With Honors, Stick It, Spy Game, Tears of the Sun, The Pursuit of Happyness, Dogma, Christmas Vacation, A Beautiful Mind, The Cutting Edge, Simon Birch, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Joe Dirt, Farenheit 911, Zeitgeist, Spanglish, 10 Items or Less, Facing the Giants, Napoleon Dynamite, Lord of War, In America, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Love Actually, Akeelah and the Bee, The Incredibles, Crouching Tiger, Mr. Holland's Opus, Good Will Hunting, Facing the Giants, The Replacements, Basic, The American President

Favorite Television Shows: Inside The Actor's Studio, The West Wing, The Unit, Everybody Loves Raymond, George Lopez, King of Queens, The Keith Olbermann Show, The Rachel Maddow Show

Favorite Books & Authors: Bait and Switch, The Shock Doctrine, The Alchemist, The Screwtape Letters, Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Defending the Spirit, The Wretched of the Earth, Black Athena, The Debt, The Indispensable Chomsky, Black Ice, The Last Lecture, The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Debt of Honor, Good in a Room, A History of Money, The Dip

Heroes: Team Hoyt

Education: Graduate - Professional School

Schools: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; IU Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Income From Writing: Some Sales Here and There

Companies Reason Publishing

Years Writing: 6 - 10 Years

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