Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laven Sowell
Any notability seems to be of largely local nature. The book co-authored by him is not widely held by U.S. librarieshttp://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27295882&tab=holdings?loc=united+states. Does not seem enough here to pass 
— User:Nsk92, 15:15, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)