Born in Charlotte, NC, Rickey K. Hood is proud to be a native of the Queen City.  He is an award-winning poet and essayist whose work has been published both nationally and abroad. Mr. Hood has been published in many anthologies such as: Journey to Timbooktu, edited by Memphis Vaughan, jr.; Our Truth, by Dr. Uplift; Main Street Rag, volume 6 #1; and Humanities in the South, Journal of the Southern Humanities Council #89. And magazines like: Key Stone 1997 Central Piedmont Community College student arts publication; six issues of AMAG, INC. Awareness Magazine; and a former journalist for the Black Reign News. He has also been honored in the Marquis: Whose Who in America 2001 and 2002 editions.   He received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2004.  He now resides in the DC metro area.