Montice Harmon

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Montice Harmon (born December 24, 1985) is an American author, poet and spoken word artist. He is known for his fictional children's book, The Adventures of Angus the Mouse. Harmon also wrote Fefe The Pup: How Fefe Met Beth, Expressions of Poetry, BossWriter Magazine, and his latest release, A Day at the Circus.

Harmon is also known to his readers as BoSsWRiTeR, his pseudonym. Under this name he has released bestselling titles such as Leah Starr's Revenge series and his latest release, The King & Queens of New York, Released November 30, 2013

A Writer Was Born:
At the tender age of twelve, Montice gained an everlasting bond for writing poetry along with captivating spoken word music, influenced by R&B, Pop, Jazz and Hip Hop. Into his freshman year of high school, his passion for writing poetry and short stories begin, becoming his number one priority.

Even though poetry took the front seat, Harmon explored his gifts and took it a step further writing mini comic scripts in his note books, along with poetry and music. From the age of twelve to sixteen, Harmon had written over four thousand poems and poetry, publishing many of them on poetry.com between 2000-2005, winning multiple awards like editors choice, poem of the month/Yea, along with other competition awards.

By the time Montice was ready to graduate from high school, he had already made a name for himself as a writer in the entertainment business. Having had written over thousands of poetry and song 's, he was ready to get back to writing taking his writing further beginning his first novel, ''Lost Without a Mind," a story about struggling teens finding their way in life dealing with love, life and sex. Harmon stated the story also reflected on domestic violence and wanted the book itself to empower those battling with domestic violence. Later into the story he gave the book to his English teacher to read and edit. However, that was the last time he saw the story. His teacher became sickly and later passed away of cancer before returning the manuscript. That did not stop Montice from writing but somehow life took the head of his life soon after his teens into his early twenties, postponing his writing until 2007, when he completed four novels and a children' s book which we know today as The Adventures of Angus the Mouse.

The Adventures of Angus the Mouse
In 2010, Harmon published his bestselling children's book, The Adventures of Angus the Mouse digitally on November 12, 2010. The title became an instant hit and international bestseller topping popular categories on Amazon.com becoming the number one selling children's book of 2010-2012. Re-entering the top 10 peaking at #5 on Amazon Bestsellers List for Children's Animal books on its ten year anniversary, November 12, 2020.

The title went on to selling over 208.4+ thousand copies in the United States as of November 20, 2021 and domestic sales of 309.9 + thousand Worldwide.



Expressions of Poetry
By Montice Harmon, is a beautiful collection of semi-confessional poems that speak about the poet's trials and tribulations. The poems are a kind of motivation for depressed minds and discouraged people to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude.

Most of Harmon's poems are prose poems. He takes prose poems to another level with this collection. The poems all deal with some aspect of the poet's personal struggles - his joys and sorrows - and they connect you with his spirit and inner mind. The title was released digital July 18, 2011 and in print November 4, 2012. Expressions of Poetry has sold over 88.8+ thousand copies in the United States as of November 12, 2020.

Personal life
Montice La'run Harmon was born in Moultrie, GA on December 24, 1985. The second child of Darlene Harmon and third of Frederick "Rock" Carter.

Harmon attended Colquitt County High School, and studied performance arts from 10th grade on. In late 2011, he studied Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Harmon has no children and is single currently living in Atlanta, Georgia.

Awards and Honors:
On January 24, 2013, Harmon was Honored with a note of appreciation by library Special Services Coordinator Alden Field, at Family Learning Center in Tallahassee, Florida. Harmon has logged in over 60+ hours at the Dr. B.L. Perry, Jr. Library for tutoring and mentoring young students in Elementary and High School.

On April 11, 2013, Harmon was granted another Honored recommendation at the Literacy Volunteers of Leon County. The Family Learning Center at Dr. B.L Perry, Jr Branch Library. Harmon has logged in over 120+ hours tutoring students in their after school program, increasing students grades by 20%. He has been a model tutor for them, bringing passion, professionalism and dedication to his work with his students.

Other Awards:
Between 2001-2006, Montice Harmon has won over 8+ poetry awards from Poetry.com

In April 2012, The Adventures of Angus the Mouse recieved 'Parent Participation' award by Readers favorite. A month later tge title recieved a four star review by the same affiliation.

Between 2012-2013, Montice Harmon was honored and granted a certificate for his outstanding title "Expressions of Poetry." also, in 2013, the title was given five stars from Readers Favorite.

On May 6, 2013, Montice Harmon was honored a Young Writers Award for Participation in hearing and helping student's at Sealey Elementary School develop their stories. Harmon stated that every Child had a wonderful story to tell and couldn't wait until he one day read their published work.

Activism/Journalism:
Harmon has been written over 20+ articles for the Democrat in Tallahassee, Florida. His topics are about different activities in the community and entrepreneurship gratifying local talent.

Writers Group and Affiliations: TAN:
On June 16, 2011, Montice Harmon joined The Tallahassee Authors Network and has been a member since. The group of writers are also known as TAN. TAN is a network of published authors, unpublished writers, and avid readers coming together in one venue to learn from one another. Founded by author Barbra Joe Willams in September 2008. Harmon states Barbra Joe Willams was a good mentor and supports all TAN members.

Charity work:
On the behalf of BossWriterPublishing, Harmon donates 10% of book sales to Children Charities, communities and other activities. Montice is also a sponsor for the Ethical Treatment of Animals "PETA". Donating to Animals for better treatment.

Novels
A list of all novels by BoSsWRiTeR, linked to from Harmon's official site, can be found here.

Digital releases:
All digital sales are accurate as of September 9, 2016. All sales are from Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Book Tango, Itunes, Google Books, and Kobo Books, etc. Included are other online/offline sales from retailers which are included in world wide sales. Majority of data is collected from Amazon, Google Books, Barnes and Nobles, Kobo Books, etc.

Released music:
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!33.3k !Physical !Eclipse !#1 !#2 !#5 !

Formats: Digital
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 * +List of albums, with selected digital Indie chart positions, sales figures and certifications

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!16 !3 !33 !56 !9 !91 !121 !17 !— !1 ! !US: 10.5M World:19.8M !Who I Am : The Mixes !

2014
!71 !92 ! ! ! ! !68 ! ! !34 ! - !US: 31.4k World: 93.8k !Eclipse !

8.21.17
!13 !1 !19 !23 !6 !11 !9 !12 ! !3 !- !US: 15.1M World:20.5M !'''Eclipse: The Mixes''' !2018 !23 !4 !55 !107 !48 !67 !20 !82 !64 !11 ! !US: 46.7k World: 68.7k
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Singles
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Streams
! rowspan="2" |Album !US R&B Hip Hop [32] !US Spkn - Word !AUS [9] !FRA [11] !GER [34] !NL [14] !NZ [35] !SWE [36] !SWI [15] !UK [16] !Time in a Bottle !2011 !10 !4 !21 !— !— !— !31 !— !— !3 !US: 3M World: 7M ! rowspan="4" |Who I Am  !Who I Am ! rowspan="3" |2013 !4 !2 !19 !— !61 !— !9 !— !— !1 !US: 6.1M World: 8.3M !Though My Tears !2 !1 !— !— !45 !— !— !— !— !2 !US: 2.4M World: 7M !Living to Love You !6 !1 !2 !8 !11 !— !40 !— !— !1 !US: 9.8M World: 10.1M !Cold Winter Nights !2015 !1 !3 !6 !17 !30 !— !6 !54 !— !2 !US: 2.2M World: 4.5M !Love and Lessons  !Take My Hand (Come wit Me) !2015 !4 !2 !12 !9 !21 !— !5 !38 !— !2 !US: 906.965 World: 2M !Love and Lessons  !Sad and Lonely !2015 !1 !1 !4 !6 !5 !- !3 !10 !32 !1 !US: 362.112 World: 712,526 !Love and Lessons ! I Gave.. (A F*ck About You) !2016 ! 7 ! 3 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 7 ! US:

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79,490 !Eclipse !Gotta Be.. (Betta Dayz) !2017 !13 !25 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !11 !US: 93,897

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79,638 !Eclipse !Take A Ride With Me !2017 !2 !1 !5 !8 !3 !87 !4 !7 !27 !1 !US: 1.7M

World:

2.3M !Eclipse !Forever My Love !2017 !6 !7 !11 ! ! ! ! ! ! !10 !US: 77,965

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Tours/Shows
Radio Credits

The Voice of Poetry
Poetically, Harmon's music his evolved since he debuted in 2010, at the age of 24. He developed a “good boy” image with a “hip-yet-wholesome” appeal. At the beginning of his career, he often cited Brandy Norwood as his biggest musical inspirations, with Norwood being his most prominent and personal influence. Outside of Norwood, he has cited singers Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder as being his major vocal influences.

Harmon’s initial sound was contemporary R&B, heavily rooted in spoken word music.[2] His lyrics spokes of various types of love, life, and understanding from casual and friendly love to romantic and spiritual affairs. Influenced by Norwood and Jackson, he incorporated a ballad-heavy style and an adult contemporary feel into his urban-jazz sound for his first studio album Who I Am .[8] His latest release EP Love and Lessons  saw Harmon abandon his soft spoken like appeal for a more adult hip hop and sensual edginess. Along with his image, his voice has gone through a major change, trading his quite like rasp for a now deeper and warmer voice that has acquired a somewhat throatier, smoky edge grounded in soulful poetry and now r&b. His previous music from Who I Am reflected the change, as songs like "One Touch" and "Living to Love You" explored more adult, semi sexual topics, and a sound that blended his previous urban-pop sound with heavy influences of garage, glitch, and electro-funk. Harmon voice that has often been described as low, soft, raspy, and husky by music critics and Harmon his peers.



Harmon release a third single from EP, Love and Lessons titled  Sad and Lonely  this month, December 31, 2015 Montice also stated he would be touring in December, 2015.

Filmography
Montice Harmon officially announced on social media that he will be starring in a major production film on December 18, 2015. The movie is set to release next year around mid summer. In 2018, Harmon made his way back to television in September-November on the set of American Soul a spinoff to Soul Train based on the life and legacy of Don Cornelius.