Author. Photographer. Filmmaker. Southern roots, global lens.
"Look towards the horizon and form your own path in life. Be the one who decided to go for it. Be the one who did something when others around you did nothing." - W. Grady
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Bestselling Author, Award-winning Photographer, Writer-Director
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Explore my collection of books and ebooks, featuring cookbooks, marketing guides, thrillers, and adventures. Click each title to learn more and purchase from your favorite retailer.
Set against the salt-air streets and sunset beaches of Pensacola, The Truth Has a Pulse is a slow-burn young adult romance about first love, buried grief, and the moments that define who we become.
A modern cannabis cookbook that treats the plant as a flavour lens. It pairs terpenes with gourmet dishes—small plates, mains, veg sides, desserts and cocktails—while providing a terpene‑pairing matrix, dosing guides and plating tips for beautiful, responsibly infused meals.
The series opener invites readers through diaries and literary pieces blending modern philosophy, Tupac‑inspired poetry and Southern “floetry.” It traces a personal journey of self‑love that ends with an autumn car ride along the coast, setting the tone for the sequel.
A blunt, results‑driven fitness handbook focused on sculpting your physique. It lays out aesthetic‑focused programs for booty, bust, abs, arms, calves, back, skin and hair, with nutrition and recovery advice and age‑group tracks, even touching on cannabis and training where legal.
A field guide to social content that actually converts. It teaches the Hook→Proof→Payoff formula, platform‑specific moves for TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube, age‑bracket triggers, troll‑handling and crisis response, plus swipe‑able templates, A/B‑testing ladders and metrics like EVF and CAC/LTV.
A photographic journey through Japanplay.google.com, pairing vivid images with reflections on culture, cuisine and travel. Shot across cities and countryside, it offers an intimate look at the beauty and contradictions of the country from an outsider’s perspective.
A clear-eyed tour of the live-cam industry and the creator economy behind it. From business models and platform payouts to safety, consent, and the law, this book explains how money actually moves—and what it costs. Grounded in research and real stories, it’s a guide for creators, parents, educators, and policymakers who want facts, not headlines.
My Mississippi Aunts is inspired by the women who turned simple ingredients into comfort, joy, and a reason to sit down together. Inside you’ll find the kind of Southern cooking that doesn’t just feed a table—it gathers it: weeknight staples, Sunday skillet comfort, holiday favorites, and sweet treats made for reunions, potlucks, and “stay a little longer” nights.
A bold guide to cooking with spirits from whiskey and rum to tequila, sake and beer. With a “Proof Pause” safety system, it offers creative recipes across appetisers, mains, veggies, sweets and a “Liquid Courage” section of bitters, syrups and sauces, along with ABV‑per‑serving charts to keep you on track.
A candid field guide for curious newcomers and seasoned users alike. It walks you through consumption methods, dosing, over‑consumption fixes, pairings and etiquette, then explores personality‑based recommendations, wellness practices (yoga, meditation, sex), culture and law—complete with a glossary and resources.
A taut locked‑island thriller. Investigative podcaster Maria Hernandez joins a billionaire’s monsoon‑shrouded retreat where a parlour game—“Tell Me a Lie”—turns lethal: a guest is found dead with a cipher note “Seven Minus Two.” Maria must solve the murder before the storm traps them all.
A conversion playbook that turns viral attention into revenue. It covers 5‑Second Landing‑Page tests, checkout UX, cart‑abandon “Lazarus” sequences, UGC that sells, ad stacks, AI‑powered personalisation and dynamic pricing, along with retention levers and purpose‑driven commerce—backed by case studies and templates.
Coming soon - Winter 2026
In the neon-choked sprawl of Kitai City, Detective Will Crane and his discontinued android partner E hunt a killer who can hack the supposedly “unhackable” nanobots inside every human body—ending lives in 11.11 seconds. As the body-count climbs, the case rips open a planetary lie that could topple megacorporations and plunge a fragile world order into hysteria.
An irreverent mash‑up of Southern comfort and Japanese precision. This loud, funny cookbook packs more than 170 pages of gear lists, house rules, quick bites, mains (think karaage and catfish bao), plant‑based dishes, desserts and cocktails—with optional cannabis pairings and a no‑nonsense voice.
The second entry in Grady’s literary‑art series continues the introspective journey begun in Entropy Thoughts That Transduce the Shellamazon.com. Mixing diaries, philosophy, poetry and transcendental musings, this “second course” reads like a curated art gallery and deepens the personal narrative.
A darkly comic epistolary novel imagining letters between Emperor Nero and occultist Aleister Crowleyplay.google.com. Their exchanges (and cameo letters from Rasputin and Genghis Khan) feature spin‑doctored fires, sex‑magick how‑tos, demon drama and profanity‑laced satire—perfect for fans of irreverent, alternate‑history humour.
A steamy, urban romance following novelist Abel Grayson across Miami, New Orleans and Venice Beach. Drawn to three different women, he must decide between performance and authenticity when they collide at a gala, blending nightlife glamour with vulnerability and passion.
Autobiography - coming soon
Winter 2026
Un recorrido directo por la industria del modelaje webcam y la economía creadora que la impulsa. Desde los modelos de negocio y los pagos de las plataformas hasta la seguridad, el consentimiento y la ley, aquí se explica cómo circula el dinero—y qué se sacrifica. Basado en datos e historias reales, es una guía clara para creadores, familias, docentes y responsables de políticas.
Join sibling explorers Dim and Sum on a tasty tour around the world. Each stop introduces a new country, a beloved local dish, and a simple try-it-at-home challenge—sprinkled with fun facts, maps, and easy pronunciations. A bright, curiosity-first read for ages 4–8, perfect for classrooms, family story time, and little foodies in training.
Meet Willie Grady
Willie Grady is a Mississippi-born author, award-winning photographer, and writer-director based on the Gulf Coast. He makes work where imagination, empathy, food, culture, and story intersect—books and films that travel from the Mississippi Delta to Kyoto and Tokyo, Medellín and Barranquilla to New Orleans and beyond—always chasing honesty, craft, and a memorable bite of life.
Under the Screenwriter601 Films and Screenwriter601 Publishing banner, Grady writes across multiple lanes: modern cookbooks (High Cuisine: Cannabis Pairings & Platings; Eat Your Liquor: Proof-Positive Cooking at 120 Proof), creative-business guides (Scroll-Stopper Secrets; Conversion Cathedrals), travel and cannabis education (Cannabis: A Journey Inside), and fiction that wears a cinematic grin (Tri-City Temptations; Darkly Yours; The Alibi Game). His images lean cinematic too—quiet, human moments, color-rich city lights, and the patience to wait for just the right shot.
Influenced by Japanese film (Kurosawa), a large library of anime, Southern hospitality, and a philosopher’s curiosity, Grady’s process blends comfort with precision: flavor engineering in the kitchen, visual storytelling behind the lens, and a clean but creatively unpredictable structure on the page. When he isn’t writing or editing photos and hours of film footage, you might find him relaxing on a foreign beach in a hammock as he crafts unconventional philosophical haikus. Otherwise you'll find him framing street scenes, fine-tuning a recipe, or cutting a short film—always building work that’s bold, honest, full of empathy, and built to share.
Explore the books, watch a film clip or three, and wander the photo gallery. If you’re a reader, a foodie, a traveler—or a producer looking for a writer-director with range—you’re in the right place. Savor the experience and leave with something new.
