Belated birthday wishes Suzan-Lori Parks! Born May 10, Suzan-Lori Parks is an award winning playwright/musician and novelist. She also is a MacArthur Genius Fellow recipient. Her notable works include Getting Mother’s Body and Topdog/Underdog.
365 Black Books Alice Randall Monday
Happy birthday Alice Randall! Born May 4, Alice Randall is a novelist, songwriter, educator, and food activist. Her most notable books, including her memoir My Black Country are:
365 Black Books Kimberla Lawson Roby Sunday
Happy birthday Kimberla Lawson Roby! Born May 3, Kimberla Lawson Roby is the award winning New York Times bestselling author of the Rev. Curtis Black series–15 books total. She is also working with women to help them become the women God created them to be using her book and workbook.
365 Black Books Bryan Washington Wednesday
Happy birthday Bryan Washington! Born April 22, Bryan is an award winning author of a few novels. His novels focus on the intersectionality of identity, culture, and relationships.
365 Black Books Vanessa Riley Sunday
Today at the Detroit Public Library, Vanessa Riley talked about her latest book: Fire Sword and Sea, a historical novel about a black female pirate. In addition to writing historical novels, Vanessa Riley has also written romance and murder mysteries.
365 Black Books Jesmyn Ward Wednesday
Happy birthday Jesmyn Ward! Born April 1, 1977, Jesmyn Ward won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones. Other books are:
365 Black Books Pauline E. Hopkins Sunday
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins was born in Portland, Maine in 1859. She was a playwright, journalist, novelist, historian, editor, feminist, public intellectual, supporter of the arts, and an outspoken crusader for African American rights. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes and is best known for her 1900 novel Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South.
365 Black Books Ayana Gray Friday
Happy birthday Ayana Gray! She is the New York Times bestselling author of the young adult fantasy Beasts trilogy, and the adult book I, Medusa.
365 Black Books Ralph Ellison Thursday
Born March 1, Ralph Ellison wrote the classic novel, Invisible Man. He also wrote other books and a few were published posthumously.
365 Black Books George Schuyler Monday
Born February 25, George Schuyler was American writer, journalist, and social commentary. He was known for the book, Black No More.
