[2] He is also a top 100 African American Literature Book Club bestselling author, making the list four times.
[3] Kwei Quartey has published a number of novels, and is a member of the Los Angeles branch of Sisters in Crime, a fiction writers' organization.
[2][5][8] He drew his writing inspiration from the many books that filled his house at a very young age, and wrote his first novel when he was about eight or nine years old.
[9] His studies at the University of Ghana came to an abrupt end when his mother decided to return to the United States with the family following the death of his father.
[9] After graduating, and residency training in Internal Medicine, Kwei joined the University of California, Los Angeles, where he took an extension course in creative writing.