Mandy Fields, Koranteng was born in Natchez, Mississippi, the last child of John Lanus and Loubertha Fields, Lanus. Being the youngest of ten children, she often felt disliked and rejected. Being a...view moreMandy Fields, Koranteng was born in Natchez, Mississippi, the last child of John Lanus and Loubertha Fields, Lanus. Being the youngest of ten children, she often felt disliked and rejected. Being alienated by her sibling, Mandy sought quiet places where here imagination which had become her lone friend and playmate could recant onto paper her enumerable thoughts in poetic form. God blessed her to travel to Ghana, West Africa in 2008 where she met Isaac Owusu Koranteng, they married and now resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her trip to Ghana greatly changed her outlook on the entire continent and has enable her to accumulate many friends there, as well as inspired her to organize a group of Poets called "The Master Poetz' whose works will be featured in this book. Mandy is a born again Christian who believes in the Holy Trinity and God's written word and our lives should reflect out beliefs.view less