OMAR SCOTT is the author of the best selling novel When A Good Will Goes Bad. Orginally from Los Angeles, Omar's family moved to Dallas in the late seventies. The oldest of three children, Omar's parents divorced when he was eight. Raised in a single parent home, Omar turned to gangs and the street life during his teen years. After brushes with the law and loosing his best friend to a brutal murder, Omar was forced to turn his life around. 

Influenced by the great Donald Goines, and with a unique perspective of the streets, Omar sought to share his many experiences and creativity through Urban Fiction. One of the fresh new voices in urban fiction, Omar brings the streets alive with graphic detail and masterful storytelling.