REPLAY-AUTHOR KHARISMA KASHMERE (JRLive)

EPISODE 164 ON JERRY ROYCE LIVE!Kharisma Kashmere is a poet, urban fiction blog radio talk show personality, and an author of a bestselling E-book series titled Sex. Lies. Betrayal: The Façade. Growing up in Maywood, IL, one of Chicago's most violent suburbs, Kharisma adapted to reading and writing in adolescence. Spending more time inside than out, she became enthralled with urban fiction and suspense at fourteen through the eyes of greats like Wahida Clark. Reading her means of escape from the unrestrained city surrounding her, Kharisma decided to start writing about what she thought maybe going on outside her home. The eldest of eleven children, she remembers sharing her stories with siblings who praised her maturing craft. Her husband whom she met at only eleven years old was the person that brought forth the more creative imaginations she pens today. At twenty five, having traveled from Atlanta, Texas, and New York, Kharisma quotes, “I've been blessed to have found a passion so deep for writing; I could have seen the world without ever leaving my room. Her first novel i.e. Sex. Lies. Betrayal: The Façade, which she penned in Georgia is only the tip of the iceberg, she states. Today Mrs. Kashmere and her husband reside in the Englewood area of Chicago