

Summary
A new and exciting story entwined with magical realism and fantasy about a divine African American healer born in Los Angeles depicting the miracle of love.
Ever since Olisa was a child, her father has feared that the world might one day find out that his daughter is blessed with very special gifts.
On a fateful 4th of July, the renowned Venice Beach Boardwalk becomes the scene of a violent conflagration between Latino and Black gangs. People flee in all directions except for one black woman who fearlessly cradles the head of a notorious gang leader who has been fatally stabbed. It seems like time has come to a standstill. The fighting ends and the young man slowly rises to his feet clutching his chest not from pain, but from shock, a collective gasp is uttered.
A random shout of "It's a miracle!" reverberates across the Boardwalk. A local reporter, who captured this miracle on film, will broadcast it throughout the world. This supernatural event catapults this striking, yet demure Black young woman to an unwanted fame overnight. She becomes "The Good Witch of Venice". Society’s reaction to finding a healer among them plays a major role in Olisa’s journey. Is she an angel, a curandera or shaman? Or is she a devil? Who is this woman? Will our multicultural society accept this gift or will it seek to corrupt her into an icon, a diva, and a commercial entity? What is known is that the world’s survival may rest on her delicate shoulders. Follow her epic journey as a modern day healer driven by faith and love.

About the author
Wilson is a screenwriter and a member of the Writers Guild of America. His first screenplay was optioned several times, including by Magic Johnson Entertainment. He was subsequently hired by Universal Studios to write a treatment and original screenplay. He has since written five original screenplays.
Wilson worked as part of a team on a project for PBS and Union Bank Spotlight presentations (PSA's) that received prestigious awards such as the Communitas Award, AVA Award, Davey Award, and Creativity Award. He also researched, wrote, and developed stories for PBS featuring heroic and defining moments in US Military History that shaped our contemporary society. He completed a storybook for an episode of Hong Kong’s popular cartoon TV series: Bodhi & Friends.
Wayne L. Wilson has also served as a contributing writer for the African American National Biography (AANB), a joint project of the W.E.B Du Bois Institute for African American Research at Harvard University and Oxford University Press. Wilson has been involved in a variety of projects as a ghostwriter and researcher on such diverse subjects as parenting, community empowerment, online dating, environmentalism, pollution, the United States Secret Service, the war against Boko Haram, biographies, memoirs, and children’s adventure books.



