LARCENY IN MY BLOOD

A former heroin addict and ex-convict's fully-illustrated memoir of turning his life around and making it to the Ivy League.

Parker tells his story of struggle and triumph over personal demons, describing his adolescence, family, and prison life, as well as his journey as a college student in his mid-forties and an Ivy League graduate student at age 48.

Matthew Parker is a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University. He received his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University and has been drug and crime-free since 2002.