Ace Antonio Hall

Ace Antonio Hall was born Acemandese Nzondi Hall in Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. Nzondi (Ace Antonio Hall) is an American horror author and is the first African-American to win a Bram Stoker in a novel category for his young adult book. The Bram Stoker Award is the most prestigious award given to horror writers in the world. Recently, Nzondi was inspired by one of the characters in his upcoming work subtitled Blood-Teens (the main title is N/A). He wrote, sung and produced an alternative rock song called "Teenage RockStarr" based on a teenage vampire singer named Elle, who is a part of a band named Toxic in his story. The song was released in July and it features the legendary hip-hop artist Fredro Starr (Onyx) and David Moreno on drums (Puddle of Mudd). A former Director of Education for NYC schools and the Sylvan Learning Center, Nzondi earned a BFA from Long Island University. His recent novels are Lipstick Asylum, and his Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, Oware Mosaic (Omnium Gatherum Publishing).