About Jordan Hampton
Being a Black male teacher with a Master’s in English and an author career projects, to those who meet me, one of two images. In the first, I am an inspiration to the Black and Brown kids I work with who don’t get to see someone like them in education. I get to give them images of Black authorship in science fiction and fantasy, or build worlds for them where they’re understood and the challenges they face are addressed.
The other image, though, is that of a threat. For the people who don’t understand the culture of Black people, who think that the extent of our excellence and achievement should be limited to entertainment, I seem to be an unsightly abnormality.
What I hope to achieve, though, is a facilitation of unity between a mutual appreciation for literary art. I want to address the issues of our present time, but I also want to create stories that are just as entertaining as they are powerful. I want to leave a legacy of cultural empathy through literary expression, where people who read my works can feel emboldened to be themselves to the utmost. There is freedom to be found here.
I have written stories that blend my overactive imagination with my experiences as a Black man, as an educator, a martial artist, a Christian preacher, a fiancé (soon to be husband) and as a surrogate father to catalyze the exploration of underrepresented perspectives as they are presented in (as of yet) unexplored realities. My hope is that it I write something that you can see the life in.
My style
I would describe my writing style as character-driven fiction. As elaborate as the environments are in the stories I tell and as brutal as the battles they fight can be, everything ultimately serves the joint purpose of exploring complicated social issues through the lenses of characters that would be affected by it in real life.
Blending this with a borderline cinematic pacing for action sequences and splitting the focus between multiple viewpoints, I try to add a sense of realism to the fiction and blend into it cultural experiences that I’ve had to create a more complete picture for anyone that loves a good episodic adventure that serves as a meeting between fact and fiction.
Literary Titan Gold Award Winner
Literary Titan Gold Award Winner
As of April 7th, 2023, author Jordan Hampton is the recipient of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for his work Ignition 2084!