L.A. Smith is a native of Washington, DC. She works as a technical writer/trainer for an IT consulting company and resides in Bowie, Maryland. She is an alumnus of Bowie State University and a graduate of University of Maryland, University College (UMUC). She enjoys family time with her son Brandon as well as her four brothers and two sisters. Smith has been writing since she was in elementary school beginning with school plays. She wrote her first short story while in high school and submitted it in a school-sponsored writing contest were she received honorable mention.Smith is the author of “Love ‘n My Time” her debut novel published in 2007. Her second novel was self-published by her publishing house Black Angle Publishers and is titled “Making Love Last.” Next, she self-published the third title, “Tattered Obsessions.” Smith took a short break from completing the forth title (“When Love Calls”) only to publisher her erotic antho