Timmothy B. McCann 1
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Timmothy B. McCann (born February 27, 1963) is an African American novelist, pastor and motivational speaker.
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'''Timmothy B. McCann''' (born February 27, 1963) is an African American novelist, pastor and motivational speaker.
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1 Early life and education 2 Works 3 Works Cited 4 References 5 External links
Early life and education[edit source]
Timmothy B. McCann was born and raised in [[Gainesville, Florida]] in [[Alachua General Hospital]]. He would go on to be apart of the first class to desegregate Metcalf Elementary School. “I was the only African American student in my class and while most of the memories were good—there were more than a few bad memories as well. But my greatest memory was goin on a trip to see Shirley Chisholm who was running for president. It gave me a love for politics the infuse my writing top this day.” As a child he would play keyboards in a church his grandmother pastored. Deliverance Temple [[Church of God in Christ]]. He would also become a first team all state, and two way starter on his High School State Championship football team in 1980.
He played football at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1982 and it was there that he would discover both his passion and gift for writing. He would leave a letter on the dresser in his dorm room and when his best friend and roommate read it, he would copy the letter to give to his girlfriend. When Timmothy discovered this, he would write a letter for his friend. This would later lead to Timmothy writing letters for a number of players on the team for 5.00 a letter.
In 1996 he began work on what would be his first novel. After never taking a writing class or meeting a novelist, he signed a two book deal with HarperCollins/Avon publishing, and later a two book deal with Kensington Publishing. He would be the first major writer signed to its Defina imprint. His first novel published in 1998 entitled Until… became a national bestseller.
Due to being a single parent, and ministry in 2003 he retired as a novelist and began a carer as a real estate broker.
In 2018 he would found First Day Christian Center, a church dedicated to helping families in need in southwest Atlanta. The church would close four months before the COVID pandemic outbreak in the U.S. in 2020.
In May of 2020 after a divorce, the death of his mother and best friend and in the midst of the COVID shutdown; at the urging of a friend journaling his thoughts evolved into his fifth novel to be released April 2021 by the name of Divorcing Atlanta
Works[edit source]
Timmothy B. McCann’s novel, Always was written in 1996 and published in 1999. The book looks at the election night of a black senator from a large state as he via to be the first black president. The publisher described the book as follows. “It's election night and Henry Louis Davis II waits for the results that could make him the first African-American president of the United States...the impossible goal he had held since the day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot.” Over his objections the publisher left the words “the impossible goal,” in the description. In 2008 the story he wrote about in fiction became a reality. It was also in this novel where he wrote about a conundrum that had yet to occur in the United States. One candidate wining the popular vote and another candidate winning the electoral college vote. It has occurred twice since the pinning of this prophetic tome.
His other words would include
Forever
Emotions
Works Cited[edit source]
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