BIO

Darrell Q. Slade

Darrell Q. Slade was born on January 26th, 1995 in Winston-Salem, a land mass in North Carolina known as the Tre-4. Slade changed the game in literature when he released his book The Alarm Clock to the world in December of 2017. He is a true artist of words, in his novels he bleeds his passion, purpose, and pain into the pages.

Darrell went to school for business at Winston-Salem State University, a Historical Black College and University (HBCU) originally named Slater Industrial by Simeon G. Atkins in 1892. While he was at Winston-Salem State, he pledged The Beta Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc in the fall of 2014 and would eventually become chapter president in 2016. Also During his collegiate career, Slade was the Fund Manager of Ram Asset Management Fund, one of the few Student Investment Funds at a HBCU, that invests over $100,000, liquid assets, in the New York Stock Exchange. In the four years that Darrell was apart of the investment fund, it returned forty percent since it’s initial investment. This created a field of opportunities for him in the corporate world.

After college, Darrell went the non-traditional route, and released his first novel, The Alarm Clock, then started a publishing enterprise called No More Suits to give authors a firm platform to release their novels to the world. Soon after No More Suits, Darrell followed up with his first book, with a second piece of literature, entitled Book of Rhymes. This was shocking because, with a strong background in business finance, no one expected him to drop a 200 page book of poetry. But his unique writing style in Book of Rhymes pieces his mindset together in a very complex yet creative way. Darrell Q. Slade, is a jack of all trades and is truly ahead of his time. Be sure to check out all his works, and stay in tuned for whats next to come.

THE BOOK OF RHYMES YEAR I DOCUMENTARY