Mateo Askaripour debut novel, "BLACK BUCK", was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Read With Jenna Today Show book club pick. He was also chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 rising stars to make waves in 2021," but before Askaripour took the publishing world by storm, he was a startup consultant, helping organization across North America build and scale their sales teams, and, before that, he was a Director of Sales Development, leading a team of 30 sales reps at “The Best Place to Work in NYC Tech." In 2021 alone, he was featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR, The Guardian BET, Buzzfeed, Today Show, and many more. When he's not traveling for speaking engagements, he lives in Brooklyn.

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