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Aliya S. King is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has appeared in Vibe, Essence, Ebony,, AARP, Jezebel, and dozens of other national publications. Born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, she has held senior editorial positions at Billboard, The Source, BET, Vibe, Ebony, Medium, Simon & Schuster, and ESPN/Disney's Andscape Books.

She is the author of the novels Platinum and Diamond Life and a celebrated celebrity memoirist. Her collaborative work includes the New York Times bestseller Keep the Faith with Faith Evans and Original Gangster with Frank Lucas, the real-life inspiration behind the film American Gangster. She has also edited New York Times bestsellers, including The Troublemaker's Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones. She has also won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for magazine writing.

King is a graduate of Rutgers University and the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is currently developing several of her long-form journalism projects for film and television.