Quincy Troupe

Biography

Quincy Troupe was born July 22, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri. Troupe is an awarding-winning author of ten volumes of poetry, three children&rsquos books, and six non-fiction works; Earl the Pearl: My Story, a memoir of legendary NY Knicks basketball star, Earl Monroe, is Troupe’s lastest (as of 2016) non-fiction work. His other titles includes Miles: The Autobiography of Miles Davis (with jazz legend Miles Davis) and The Pursuit of Happyness (with Chris Gardner), which was a New York Times bestseller for 40 weeks.

In 2010 Troupe received the American Book Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement. He lives in New York City. (photo credit: Jerry Jack)

Learn more at Quincy Troupe’s official website.

ISNI: 0000 0003 7641 8772

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Quincy Troupe Discusses his collaboration with Chris Gardner on the book The Pursuit of Happyness and his friendship with Miles Davis which led to the book Miles and Me.

The conversation included Margaret Porter Troupe & husband Quincy Troupe and took place in Harlem, NY during the launch of MMPCIA's new Mount Morris Talks (https://mmpcia.org).

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