PRESIDENT, DUKES WORLDS, INC.

LeRoy L. Dukes grew up in Bronx, NY.  He attended public schools in the Bronx and graduated from Evander Childs High School.  Although he was into sports and bodybuilding throughout school, poetry has always been one of his favorite pastimes.  Writing has always brought him peace and relaxation.  LeRoy finds himself in the characters of the Chill Street Gang.  He remembers vividly the many summers he spent playing in area parks and having fun making new friends.  

Who can forget those childhood carefree summers which are most likely the most fun we have in our lifetime.   The time when all we had to worry about was what games we were going to play and what time we had to come home for dinner.  Remember begging your mom to stay out just a little later.  Going home at dusk and dreaming of the adventures you would have the next day.  This is the inspiration in the Chill Street Gang series of books.  So sit back and let your imagination run wild.  Reach back in time to those days when you were a child and relive those enjoyable memories or experience them for the first time and allow your inner child to reappear. Whether young or old, you will enjoy reading the adventures of these five characters.  Get to know the members of the Chill Street Gang one book at a time

Itanza Wooden is a native Floridian born and raised in Marianna, FL.  She relocated to New York City eleven years ago to pursue her Broadway dreams.  She got her acting start at the University of Florida where she received a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance.  Itanza traveled throughout the East Coast and Midwest doing regional theatre for four years.  She has performed in six states and done over 30 productions.  Itanza continued her professional acting career traveling to Indiana, Connecticut, Illinois and South Carolina and again throughout Florida from Miami, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Gainesville and Ft. Lauderdale.  Itanza spent two years at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL where she originated the role of Zawadi in the Festival of the Lion King at Disney’s newest theme park, Animal Kingdom. 

In 2000 she moved to New York City in pursuit of her dreams to perhaps one day appear on Broadway.  She co-produced her first NYC cabaret in the Village in 2002. Itanza met LeRoy shortly after the completion of her cabaret in November 2002.  Writing children’s books  is truly a new bend in the road and she looks forward to continuing this journey for many years to come.