Antoine Maurice Kidd is an African American author, born August 3, 1991 in Mobile, Alabama. He specializes in poetry and novel writing. Antoine has always been a creative thinker. In elementary school, he was known for finishing his class work fast, so that he may pull out his notebook to write short stories. When he was in the fifth grade, he got in trouble for writing a short story that included vulgar language. His teacher took his notebook and called his parents. She explained to them that their son was in time-out due to his writings being inappropriate for a child his age. While he did not get in trouble by his parents, he began to keep his writings secret. Once he made it to middle school, he moved in with his aunt and uncle, where he was introduced to making music by one of his cousins. While his cousin practiced with instruments, he sat in the background writing poetic lyrics to the sounds. He had found a new love. By the time Antoine made it to high school, his writing skills were exceptionally good. His poetry caught the eyes of many of his teachers and he was urged to create a scrapbook full of poems. He began taking drama as a senior and his teacher allowed him to help rewrite two school plays. This is where Antoine dove deeper into the realm of story telling.