Omar Tyree

Dickey’s novel What They Want follows Terrance Mitchell, a man who has no plans to ever settle down. Being single is far better than being tied down to him and he doesn’t want any kids running around. He was a well-traveled, good-looking model in an industry full of  beautiful women. Women adore him and are willing to go at any length to be with him. Then one of his beautiful women falls to hard to soon and shatters his perfect world. 

Tyree follows Tabitha in the book Diary Of A Groupie. When a wealthy banker offers Tabitha a huge paycheck to catch a celebrity who is known to have sex with underage women, Tabitha finds herself on the wrong side of the track. When the celebrity finds out that Tabitha is trying to bring him in, he threatens her family and friends until she gives him possession of her diary.

Tyree’s novel follows Darin Harmon and John Williams young men on the brink of achieving their dreams. For John, it music; for Darin, football. When Darin suffers an injury he becomes worried that his career is over. So he spends his time on the music scene to promote John loverboy image. But the celebrity lifestyle of easy money, fast women, and drugs quickly takes it toll, and the friends find themselves at a crossroads that will forever shape each of their futures.

Tyree’s book Flyy Girl follows Tracy Ellison, a young knockout with big hair and a bigger attitude. She is living life as fast as she can. Attracted to material things, she and her friends love and leave guys who will do anything to get next to them. It’s only when the world of sex threatens heartbreak that Tracy begins to examine her life, her goals, and her sexuality.

I have never written an untruthful book, never. And I think for the most part, African American writers don’t write the untruth. We write what we want to write about from our societies. We may change the names and dates, the color of the dress, or whatever, but fiction for us is not creating something totally untrue, it’s about telling the story the way we want to tell it. It’s still true in a sense that it happened to somebody.

Tyree follows Denise in the book Single Mom. After more than ten years of successfully raising her sons alone, Denise finds herself entertaining three men at once. Two of the men happen to be the father or her sons. The other man, Brock, is a truck driver who falls in love with Denise but isn’t sure if he can handle a ready made family.