Urban Literacy Project Is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) company, conceived in February 2005 by Omar Tyree, a New York Times best-selling author, a 2001 NAACP Image Award recipient for Outstanding Work in Literary Fiction,and a 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Prize Winner for Body of Work in Urban Fiction.

Omar Tyree is a New York Times best-selling author, a 2001 NAACP Image Award recipient for Outstanding Literature in Fiction, and a 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award winner for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published 15 adult fiction titles and sold more than 1.8 million copies worldwide. With a degree in Print Journalism from Howard University in 1991, Tyree has been recognized as one of the most renown contemporary writers in the African-American community. He is also an informed and passionate speaker on various community-related and intellectual topics. Soon to enter the world of feature film making, self-help / business books, and urban children's books, Tyree is a tireless creator and visionary of few limitations. For more information on his work, please view his web site @ (www.OmarTyree.com).