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Carl Weber, is the author of THE PREACHER'S SON , Player Haters , Baby Momma Drama , Married Men , Lookin' for Luv and the novella Easy Street , written with La Jill Hunt and included in the collection he edited, A Dollar and A Dream.
Despite the success and acclaim Carl Weber has found with all of his novels, he says that the path which lead him there was a rocky one. “I am a life-long reader and wanted to write, but I wasn't the best English student,” Weber admits. When he realized that the importance of African-American fiction within the world of publishing was growing, he couldn't resist putting his pen to the paper. “I wanted to write a book about ordinary people who have crazy things happen in their lives,” Weber says. His work stood out and received immediate positive response from readers, including in the all-important sales arena.
“Once you get one under your belt, once you get that first break, life is easier,” says Weber whose first novel, Lookin' For Luv , a “relationship novel” written from the rarely heard male perspective, was published in 2000. Weber has drawn upon personal experiences with “a little more spice” in creating Married Men , his second novel, and has also moved away from his comfort zone with Baby Momma Drama , his third novel, which he wrote from a woman's perspective.
A former reviewer for the Amsterdam News , he is the founder, publisher, and editorial director of the recently established Urban Books, which he established just as hip hop fiction moved into the spotlight. Notably, readers seemed especially drawn in by Weber's commitment to publishing authors such as The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah and True to the Game by Teri Woods, gaining national attention. Weber is also a past recipient of Blackboard's Bookseller of the Year award.
Weber graduated from Virginia State University and holds an MBA in marketing from the University of Virginia. He lives in Long Island, New York with his family.
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