50 Favorite Authors Mosaic

A visual celebration of the great writers of the 20th Century.

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April Sinclair
April Sinclair
 Gloria Naylor
Gloria Naylor
 Maryse Conde
Maryse Conde
 Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
 Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
 Anita Bunkley
Anita Bunkley
 Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
 Omar Tyree
Omar Tyree
 Terry McMillan
Terry McMillan
 Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones
 Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
 John Edgar Wideman
John Edgar Wideman
 bell hooks
bell hooks
 Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
 Valerie Wilson Wesley
Valerie Wilson Wesley
 Eric Jerome Dickey
Eric Jerome Dickey
 Diane Mckinney-Whetstone
Diane Mckinney-Whetstone
 James Baldwin
James Baldwin
 Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
 Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
 Lolita Files
Lolita Files
 Albert French
Albert French
 Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant
 Dorothy West
Dorothy West
 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
 Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler
 Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins
 Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez
 Chester Himes
Chester Himes
 Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
 Cornel West
Cornel West
 Rosalyn McMillan
Rosalyn McMillan
 Richard Wright
Richard Wright
 Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell
 Tina McElroy Ansa
Tina McElroy Ansa
 Ann Petry
Ann Petry
 Marita Golden
Marita Golden
 Ernest Gaines
Ernest Gaines
 Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
 Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due
 A.J. Verdelle
A.J. Verdelle
 Connie Briscoe
Connie Briscoe
 J. California Cooper
J. California Cooper
 August Wilson
August Wilson
 Sheneska Jackson
Sheneska Jackson
 Alex Haley
Alex Haley
 Virginia DeBerry
Virginia DeBerry
 Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison
 Alice Walker
Alice Walker
 E. Lynn Harris
E. Lynn Harris