Flyy girl by omar tyree biography

To be a writer you have to write.

Omar Tyree hit the scene hard in 1993 with the release of his second novel,Flyy Girl. The coming of age tale follows the life of Tracey Ellison–a young sassy black girl who grows up in a middle-class Philadelphia suburb of Germantown.

Flyy girl by omar tyree biography

The novel was originally published by Mars Productions in 1993 and republished by Simon & Schuster for adults in 1996.

The landscape for Black literature in the 90s had begun to shift, young black writers were penning books that were contemporary, raw, and edgy.

Tyree was one of the authors who embraced the idea that contemporary stories from a young black girl’s point of view could be told and sold.

I remember reading Flyy Girl, when I was about eleven or twelve, although the story was a little mature for my age there was something that pulled me instantly.

I had read a slew of books where the protagonist was black and female but the sto