Wahida Clark, a four-time New York Times bestselling author, is renowned in Urban Lit. She started writing during a 9 ½ year prison term at Lexington Prison Camp, Kentucky, including 9 months in solitary. While incarcerated, she secured a major publishing deal, released 7 novels, and founded her publishing company, Wahida Clark Presents Publishing. Released in 2007, she now works with Cash Money Content, the publishing arm of Cash Money Records, home to artists like Nicki Minaj, Lil' Wayne, and Drake. She has 13 successful novels, including four New York Times bestsellers. Her company, one of the fastest-growing independent publishers, has 46 titles and 19 authors. Clark has sold over 700,000 novels, including bestsellers with Cash Money Content. Her novel "Honor Thy Thug" debuted at #23 on the New York Times list, following her #19 debut "Justify My Thug" (2011, CMC).

"Payback Ain't Enough" also made the New York Times list in 2012. In 2005, Nikki Turner dubbed her the Queen of Thug Love Fiction, and she's since become the Queen of Street Literature. Professor Vanessa Irvin Morris recognizes Clark as the creator of Thug Love Fiction, a street lit sub-genre, and a pioneer in series writing. Clark's novels, praised for their realism, include the "Thug Series", "Payback" series, "The Golden Hustla", and "Sleeping with the Enemy". She also edited the anthology "What's Really Hood!: A Collection of Tales from the Streets".