Marlon McCaulsky was born in Brooklyn, NY to Jamaican parents and raised in St. Petersburg, FL (Da Burg) and now lives in College Park, GA. He went to school in Tampa (IADT) for Computer Animation and that's where he discovered a love for writing screenplays. Marlon is a multi-genre writer and wrote seven screenplays before testing his pen at novels.

"I don't want to be labeled as only being able to write one type of genre but Hip-Hop literature is just such an exciting genre to write!" With that enthusiasm, Marlon wrote The Pink Palace, a gritty tale of sex, money and betrayal. "My style of writing is like putting a movie in a book. If the characters are not three dimensional and interesting then there's no point in reading it. I want people to feel like they know somebody like my characters after they've read my book."

Marlon has written three other novels he hopes to publish soon. "Thank God for Vickie Stringer for providing a place where young black writers can get into the game in a major way." Marlon wants to not only continue to write exciting novels but also see his screenplays hit the big screen, too.