According to http://www.newarkpostonline.com/ if you ask most high school students what they know about authors they read in school, and most know biographical information, a few other works, and perhaps a fun fact. Yet, did they know the character Nicole in Brandon Slocumb’s 2022 mystery thriller “The Violin Conspiracy” was actually based on a woman he knew in real life or that favorite character Grandma Nora was actually Slocumb’s grandmother?

“You all like Grandma Nora?” Slocumb asked the 180 Newark Charter School seniors who sat before him Sept. 27 in the brand new Otello Meucci Performing Arts Center, which opened just two weeks prior.

https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/author-visits-newark-charter-performs-with-orchestra-students/article_fe0880cc-7eb9-11ef-8185-dffc6da689c1.html: Author visits Newark Charter, performs with orchestra students