Darrell S. Whiteside, a Marine who served in Vietnam, is an ordained minister with a Master's Degree in Pastoral Care. He worked for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services as a Juvenile Court Advisor and Child Abuse Investigator. He is a 500-hour Yoga Instructor who has found his spiritual ministry in the practice and teaching of yoga. The Cracked Mirror is Darrell's first book, a coming-of-age story about a black youth struggling to overcome the inherited thought patterns about himself and the society around him. He is currently working on the sequel.