about the Author
Donnie Manuel was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He has
been performing practically since birth. At a very early age he would
sing for the neighborhood kids and at the age of 9, he sang before his
classmates and then over the schools P.A. system for the entire
school to hear. He also starred in his elementary school’s play “Robin
Hood” in which he played the lead.
Donnie won an essay contest at the age of 10, and has been writing ever since. He joined his first band at the age of 18. Donnie has written a number of jingles including one for the Baltimore Orioles called “Oriole Ball” that was performed live on television and played at Camden Yards. He was twice one of the semi finalist at the prestigious “Billie Holiday Vocal Contest” held at Center Stage in Baltimore, Md. He has performed at a number of venues throughout Baltimore City
Donnie wrote a sports column for the Afro American Newspaper for a number of years, where he was mentored by the great Sam Lacey. He also produced the Small and Minority Business Magazine for the Baltimore Times Newspapers. This started his creative writing juices to flow. Writing short stories and scripts has been a passion of his for some time…thus the saga….”Humdadao”.