Marrio C. Mathews was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since middle school, he has completed several writing projects; none of which was published. However, after his family relocated to Texas as Hurricane Katrina Survivors, he vowed to turn his writings into a professional business venture. Once he moved to Seattle, Washington, he spent the first year of his life as a City-Year Seattle/King County AmeriCorps member. He would then hold two different jobs, attend Seattle Central Community College, and work on the Seattle Central Community College Leadership Board as the Executive of Communications while maintaining a scholarship. After gaining employment at a tech company, he developed the current iteration of Dream No More: Rise of a Lion - Book 1 and Book 2.