Shamontiel

Approximately seventy percent of all newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients are African American women, and the percentage for African American males is steadily rising. In Shamontiel L. Vaughn’s novel, Round Trip, she takes on the subject of AIDS from a college student’s perspective.

BOOK DESCRIPTION OF Round Trip—College graduation is usually the time to collect a cap and gown, pick a career, and set foot in the real world. For three graduates, their graduation days will be yet another crash course. Memo reaches out to Seleste, but his recently paroled father pulls his attention another way. Jermaine believes in no secrets in marriage, but after proposing to Cara, she may not be ready to divulge the truth, regardless of what her ex-fling Arnez decides. The wedding is in Atlanta, the graduation is in Chicago, unfinished business is in the boroughs of New York, and news that one of the crew may have AIDS is circulating. How will they cope?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Shamontiel L. Vaughn is a professional Assistant Copyeditor, a novelist, and a freelance writer. Graduating from Lincoln University (MO) with a Bachelor of Arts in English and taking various writing courses at Northern Michigan University, University of Chicago, and DePaul University, she excels at her craft. She has over 70 articles, 4 poems, 4 short stories, and 2 novels published in various magazine, newspaper, and book locations. This author started writing at the age of twelve in her elementary school newspaper and hasn’t stopped since.

Ms. Vaughn is also the author of the novel Change for a Twenty. Round Trip continues where Change for a Twenty leaves off, with six college students learning to grow up and face the trials of reaching adulthood. Change for a Twenty and Round Trip(in paperback only) can be purchased at Target.com, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Half.com. Hardcover, ebook, and paperback versions of both novels are available on LuLu.com. Happy reading!