Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell is a 5-Time AALBC.com Bestselling Author
Bebe Moore Campbell was Voted the #10 Favorite Author of the 20th Century
Elizabeth Bebe Moore Campbell Gordon (February 18, 1950
- November 27, 2006) was the author of three New York Times best sellers:
Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and
What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times Best Book of
2001. Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine,
which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the
NAACP Image Award for literature.
She was a commentator for National Public Radio and a contributing editor for Essence magazine, and her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today Weekend, Black Enterprises, Ebony, and numerous other publications.
Campbell was born and raised in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She taught elementary and middle school for five years. She lived in Los Angeles with her husband, Ellis Gordon Jr. They have two children; a daughter, actress Maia Campbell; and a son, Ellis Gordon III. Read the transcript of Ms. Campbell’s online chat from BarnesandNoble.com dated Thursday, February 19, 1998 9pm
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