Ricky was born and raised in Missouri, and has been writing since the age of 12, and is currently living abroad. He has an Easy Appetizer cook book published at Amazon.com and is the author of 3 blogs ranging from news and entertainment, to a memoir of one's life. He is also featured on CNN and Yahoo! Sports. You can read some of his writings at http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/15970/ricky_franklin.html

Ricky was born and raised in Missouri, and has been writing since the age of 12, and is currently living abroad. He has an Easy Appetizer cook book published at Amazon.com and is the author of 3 blogs ranging from news and entertainment, to a memoir of one's life. He is also featured on CNN and Yahoo! Sports. You can read some of his writings at http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/15970/ricky_franklin.html