• Invite as Friend

Ralph Burgess was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Newark and East Orange public schools before graduating from Clifford J. Scott High School in 1986. Mr. Burgess attended Lincoln University before beginning a fifteen-year banking career. He founded InnerCity InnerThoughts Publishing in 2003 after rejecting many publishing offers for his trademark character, Cool Calvin. Mr. Burgess resigned from Amtrak in May 2005 to concentrate on his publishing career. His company’s first release, The Learning Adventures of Cool Calvin, received rave reviews from critics at Book Expo America 2005 and was featured at the prestigious Kids Multi-Cultural Book Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in November ’05. No Bandanas for Me/Staying Gang Free, an anti-gang children’s book, is the latest release in the Cool Calvin series. No Bandanas for Me/Staying Gang Free is the only illustrative anti-gang children’s book of its kind in the world geared for children in primary grades and has been featured on NBC’s Today Show as well as dozens of national publications. Mo The Pallbearer is the first book of Mr. Burgess’ young adult series. Expect more to come. Visit www.coolcalvin.com or www.mothepallbearer.com

Ralph Burgess was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Newark and East Orange public schools before graduating from Clifford J. Scott High School in 1986. Mr. Burgess attended Lincoln University before beginning a fifteen-year banking career. He founded InnerCity InnerThoughts Publishing in 2003 after rejecting many publishing offers for his trademark character, Cool Calvin. Mr. Burgess resign... More