Geryn Childress is a #1 Amazon bestselling author, with 8 of his children’s books topping Amazon’s 100 bestsellers list for months. Geryn Childress was born in Ypsilanti, MI and shortly thereafter moved to Shreveport, Louisiana with his mother and older brother. He played a Doctor on popular television show Angels Of Mercy with Blair Underwood and Vivica A. Fox, and started his own production company "Melanin Productions" in 1993 which he has since moved to Paris France. He spent the majority of his teenage years in Pontiac Michigan, which he still considers his hometown. In 2011 he teamed up with "The Water Project", a charity that builds wells in poor communities throughout Africa. He is truly thankful for all ways God has blessed him.