Evie Rhodes was born in Newark, New Jersey She authored the book, EXPIRED which was critically acclaimed to be One of a Kind Black Issues Book Review called Rhodes a Master writer, gifted and skillful Romantic Times Book Reviews said of her work it holds the reader s attention as if the pages are magnetized Publisher s Weekly lauded her for telling it like it is for many teens in and outside the hood who struggle to deal with a violent society that all to often embraces money over faith Evie Rhodes is a Philanthropist at heart, and her many works, be they Novels, Song Lyrics, Short Stories, or Poems as well as her cache of works speak to her love of humanity.