THE AUTHORS

Tony “T-Soul” Hughes was raised on the south side of Chicago IL in Altgeld Gardens, by a single Mother with his two siblings. Tony loved to write, animals, and too dance to House Music. He started his collegiate studies at Chicago State University in Biology. He would often bless family and friends with poems and short stories. In 1990 at the age of 23 He was diagnosed with HIV. He would write in his journal about his journey with HIV for 16 years. Tony transitioned in 2010 from complications due to HIV at the age of 40. His ashes were released in Monroe, Louisiana.

The power of eleven and T-SouL
He was the eleventh Grandchild
Born the eleventh month
Born the eleventh hour
Insurance was purchased at eleven years old
During a spiritual experience was given eleven cent from a male child
Transcended this world the eleventh day
During his ashes release family member found eleven cents near his final resting place

Billie Holiday Hughes was raised on the south side of Chicago IL in Altgeld Gardens, by a single Mother with her two brothers. Billie Holiday was given the name by her older brother Tony. She started her collegiate studies at College of Dupage in FIlm/TV. She started her career in TV in 2016 in the Locations Department. Billie never gave up on her brother Tony’s dream, to be a published author. Now her dream is to live out his Dream. 15 years in the making DANCING WITH HIV.