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Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander 0000000042691031 “He truly is a renaissance man.”—Nikki Giovanni Kwame Alexander is a bestselling author, poet, and educator, known for his award-winning book “The Cr...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx
Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Nina Foxx are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Foxx is known for her adult novels ...
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher
Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Alexander's storytelling blends poetry and prose, while Datcher...
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander
James Patterson and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their captivating novels. Patterson's thrillers and Alexander's children literature hav...
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft
Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Jerry Craft are renowned authors. Alexander's work spans poetry, fiction, and children's literature, while Craft is known for his humorous...
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander
Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander MULTIPLE Kalamu ya Salaam and Kwame Alexander are renowned authors known for their impactful and compelling literary works. Kalamu ya Salaam, Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess
Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess are renowned authors known for their compelling storytelling and impactful narratives. They have made significant contri...
Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander NONE Claudia Alexander, Ph.D., was a respected NASA scientist, studying planets and flying spacecraft. She contributed to missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and comets. An author, she wro...
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce MULTIPLE Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah 0000000110549118 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first prime minister and president, led the country to independence from Britain in 1957 and ruled until a 1966 coup. His time in the U.S. greatl...
Kwame Mbalia
Kwame Mbalia 0000000501737490 Kwame Mbalia, previously a part-time pharmaceutical calibration tech, is now a full-time writer and father. Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times b...
Kwame Ture
Kwame Ture 0000000368554192 Kwame Ture, previously Stokely Carmichael, was a pivotal figure in the civil rights and Black Power movements. He led the SNCC and served as the Honorary Prime Minister of...
Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander 0000000118793131 Michelle Alexander, born October 7, 1967, is a renowned civil rights advocate and litigator. She held a Soros Justice Fellowship in 2005 and has a joint appointmen...
Stephon Alexander
Stephon Alexander NONE Stephon Alexander, a physics professor at Brown University and 2020 president of the National Society of Black Physicists, specializes in string cosmology. He co-invented a mod...
Will Alexander
Will Alexander 0000000053131259 Will Alexander is a multi-talented individual based in Los Angeles, born in 1948. He's an accomplished writer, artist, philosopher, and pianist with a BA in English an...
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates Jr. are renowned scholars specializing in African and African-American studies. Their influential w...
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella
Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella are acclaimed authors known for their impactful works. Dawes' Ghanaian heritage influences his poetry, while Kinsella's Australian...
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani
Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani are renowned authors, recognized for their profound contributions to literature. Dawes, a poet and writer, merges cultural experiences...
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen
Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen are renowned authors. Mbalia is known for his best-selling “Tristan Strong” series. Makonnen, Ethiopian royalty, s...
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah 0000000121244918 Kwame Anthony Appiah, born in London and raised in Ghana, is the son of a Ghanaian lawyer/politician and an English novelist. He received his education in Ghana ...
Nicole Cuffy
Nicole Cuffy NONE Nicole Cuffy is the author of Dances, longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Cuffy has an MFA from The New School and is a ...
Alice Wootson
Alice Wootson NONE Alice Greenhowe Wootson is a retired teacher and acclaimed author of thirteen novels, including romance and romantic suspense. A prize-winning poet, member of various writers' asso...
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander 0000000114909360 Elizabeth Alexander, a renowned poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher, has authored multiple books, including 'American Sublime', a Pulitzer finalist. A scholar...
Mary Rand Hess
Mary Rand Hess 0000000071315983 Mary Rand Hess is a celebrated poet, artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author, known for co-authoring “Solo” and “Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild W...
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
Michael Cunningham and George Alexander MULTIPLE "Authors Michael Cunningham and George Alexander have made significant contributions to the literary world. Their unique storytelling and impactful ...
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander
Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander MULTIPLE Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander are acclaimed authors, with Poussaint's expertise in psychiatry and Alexander's in journalism. They collaboratively write ...
Alexander Smalls and JJ Johnson, with Veronica Chambers
Alexander Smalls and JJ Johnson, with Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Alexander Smalls, JJ Johnson, and Veronica Chambers are renowned authors with a rich background in literature. Smalls and Johnson are ...
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Calvin Alexander Ramsey NONE Calvin Alexander Ramsey is a multi-talented artist known for his award-winning children's books, photography, folk art painting, and plays. His works have been recognized...
Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley
Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley MULTIPLE Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives and dynamic...
Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers
Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Alexander Smalls is a renowned American chef, former owner of NYC restaurants including the award-winning Cecil, and a Grammy and Tony-winning opera s...
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin 0000000121372055 Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist—widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature. His verse novel Eugen...
Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell
Kwame Ture with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell MULTIPLE Kwame Ture Ekwueme Michael Thelwell
Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly
Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly MULTIPLE Kwame Mbalia and Erin Entrada Kelly are award-winning, bestselling authors known for their heartfelt, hilarious, and unforgettable storytelling.
Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda
Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda MULTIPLE Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 0000000476477577 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, hailing from Spring Valley, NY, is a SUNY Albany graduate with an MFA from Syracuse University. His work, celebrated in numerous pu...
Kwame Onwuachi
Kwame Onwuachi NONE Kwame Onwuachi, winner of the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award, shares his inspiring journey in his memoir. From selling candy on the subway, to running a failed acclaimed restau...
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes 0000000073665848 Ghana-born Kwame Dawes, a poet significantly influenced by Jamaican rhythms and reggae music, is the author of numerous poetry collections, novels, and non-fiction works....
Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite
Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite MULTIPLE Tanisha C. Ford, Deborah Willis, and Kwame Brathwaite are renowned authors and cultural historians, known for their significant contribu...
Damaris B. Hill
Damaris B. Hill 0000000454814480 DaMaris B. Hill, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Kentucky. Inspired by theories of “rememory” and inclusive history, Hill has ...
Dwayne Alexander Smith
Dwayne Alexander Smith NONE Born in Harlem, Dwayne Alexander Smith is a professional screenwriter who shifted from electrical engineering to film-making. Inspired by Star Wars, he began with an award...
E. Curtis Alexander
E. Curtis Alexander NONE "Dr. E. Curtis Alexander is a highly esteemed professional with extensive experience in the medical field, specializing in various research and practices.” Dr. E. Curtis Alex...
Leslie M. Alexander
Leslie M. Alexander NONE Leslie M. Alexander is a history associate professor at Arizona State University, known for her works on Black identity and political activism, as well as being the coeditor ...
Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith
Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith MULTIPLE Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith
Bernard Alexander McNealy
Bernard Alexander McNealy NONE Bernard Alexander McNealy, born in Georgia, is a former semi-pro baseball player turned legal advocate and writer. Raised in Boston, he learned mental discipline from m...
Caleb Alexander
Caleb Alexander 0000000024457188 Caleb Alexander is a renowned ghostwriter and author, with several of his novels making The New York Times Bestsellers List. He debuted with 'Eastside', launched the ...
George Alexander
George Alexander 0000000074080876 George Alexander is the award-nominated founder of Galex Media Group, specializing in film and video production. Formerly an editor-at-large at Black Enterprise maga...
Alexander Smalls
Alexander Smalls 0000000458935095 Alexander Smalls, an iconic American chef and owner of award-winning NYC restaurants, is also a co-author of a James Beard award-winning cookbook and a globally reco...
Alexander Andrews
Alexander Andrews 0000000063097189 Alexander Andrews, a critically acclaimed poet of diverse heritage, is known for exploring themes of love, childhood, and environmental stress. His highly-rated deb...
Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor
Jake Alexander and Melleny Taylor MULTIPLE Jake Alexander, an award-winning illustrator from England, is known for his works inspired by pop culture and current events. Melleny Taylor, a former Art &...
Ruha Benjamin
Ruha Benjamin 0000000401943238 Ruha Benjamin is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner Ruha Benjamin is a renowned sociologist, professor, and author specializing in tec...
Patricia Lee Gauch
Patricia Lee Gauch 0000000063058868 Patricia Lee Gauch grew up near Detroit and has been a devoted member of the children’s literature community all her professional life. She is the author of Thund...
Mannafest
Mannafest 000000010246435X Mannafest, founded by Khefri Riley and Vanessa Richards in 1995, is a creative hub that combines music, poetry, DJ culture, visual art, and new media. Their innovative perf...
Cassidy Dyce
Cassidy Dyce NONE Cassidy Dyce is a fiction writer, educator, and creative mentor whose work reflects a deep commitment to storytelling and community. Based just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, s...
Sony Ton-Aime
Sony Ton-Aime NONE Sony Ton-Aime is a Haitian poet, essayist, translator, and the executive director of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures. Previously, he served as the Michael I. Rudell Director of Liter...
Joanne C. Hillhouse
Joanne C. Hillhouse 0000000043655956 Joanne C. Hillhouse’s writing has been described as “honest”, “real”, “poetic”, and “lyrical”. Her Antiguan culture is at the heart of her writing: “Obvious is t...
Ron Kavanaugh
Ron Kavanaugh NONE Ron Kavanaugh is a literary activist who founded Mosaic Books and the Literary Freedom Project (LFP), a non-profit supporting the literary arts. Through LFP, he launched Mosaic Lit...
Kianna Alexander
Kianna Alexander NONE Like any good Southern belle Kianna Alexander wears many hats: a loving wife, doting mama, advice-dispensing sister, and grabbing girlfriend. She’s a voracious reader, an amate...
Robert G. Barnes
Robert G. Barnes NONE Dr. Robert and Rosemary Barnes are coauthors, conference speakers, and experts on marriage and family issues. Robert is executive director of Sheridan House Family Ministries an...
Sarah Bird
Sarah Bird 000000011726115X Sarah Bird, acclaimed author of ten novels, is recognized for her literary contributions through awards like Texas Writer of the Year and the Texas Institute of Letters Li...
Sylvia Hubbard
Sylvia Hubbard NONE Sylvia Hubbard, a Detroit native and single mother, is a prolific romance author with over 40 books to her name. She founded the Motown Writers Network and co-created The Essence ...
Brenda M. Greene
Brenda M. Greene 000000008095850X Dr. Brenda M. Greene is a respected professor, writer, and scholar, leading the Center for Black Literature and the National Black Writers Conference. She has contri...
De’Shawn Charles Winslow
De’Shawn Charles Winslow NONE De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a North Carolina native, is a Brooklyn-based author and 2017 Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate. He holds a BFA in creative writing and an MA in E...
Marilynn Griffith
Marilynn Griffith NONE Marilynn Griffith is a renowned freelance writer and conference speaker, serving thousands of women yearly through her columns and blogs. She's been the VP of American Christia...
Leah Lewis
Leah Lewis 0000000436814452 Reverend Dr. Leah Carol Lewis, J.D., is a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit executive. Leah is the Founder and Executive Director of Little Lumpy’s Center for Educational...
Jerry W. Ward
Jerry W. Ward 0000000108699053 Dr. Jerry W. Ward, Jr. is a renowned professor of English and African American World Studies at Dillard University. He spent 20 years at Tougaloo College, is a leading ...
Keely Hutton
Keely Hutton NONE Novelist and former teacher Keely Hutton collaborates with Ricky Richard Anywar, founder of Friends of Orphans and ex-child soldier, to pen her debut novel, “Soldier Boy.” Hutton al...
Zakiya Dalila Harris
Zakiya Dalila Harris 000000050728025X Zakiya Dalila Harris, an MFA graduate from The New School, teaches writing at Writopia Lab and is an accomplished author. Her works have been featured in Guernic...
Joshua Bloom
Joshua Bloom 0000000118873342 Joshua Bloom is Director of the Social Movements Lab and faculty in Sociology at University of Pittsburgh, where he studies the dynamics of insurgent practice and social...
Baratunde Thurston
Baratunde Thurston 000000036545820X Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated host, comedian, and NYT bestselling author of 'How To Be Black'. His diverse career includes working for The Onion, The Dai...
O.T. Begho
O.T. Begho NONE Oyehmi T. Begho is an experienced educator and consultant with expertise in emerging technologies. He holds degrees in Computer Science and ICT in Education. Known for his innovative ...
Mabel O. Wilson
Mabel O. Wilson NONE Mabel O. Wilson, a Columbia University professor, focuses on the intersection of space, politics, and cultural memory in black America. She co-directs GSAPP's Global Africa Lab a...
Natasha Diaz
Natasha Diaz NONE Natasha DÃaz is a freelance writer and producer with accolades in screenwriting. She's a published essayist and author of the debut YA novel, “Color Me In.” Originally from NYC, sh...
Kelvin Christopher James
Kelvin Christopher James NONE Trinidadian author Kelvin Christopher James, a former high school science teacher and lab technician, holds a Ph.D. in science education. He started writing in 1980, pro...
Alicia Garza
Alicia Garza 0000000497587783 Alicia Garza, an organizer and political strategist, is known for her work with the Black Futures Lab and #BlackLivesMatter. She also serves as the director of strategy ...
Janelle M. Williams
Janelle M. Williams NONE Janelle M. Williams, an award-winning author with a BA from Howard University and MFA from Manhattanville College, is known for her acclaimed story “From the Closest Waffle H...
J.M. Holmes
J.M. Holmes NONE J.M. Holmes, a Denver-born, Rhode Island-raised author, won the Burnett Howe Prize at Amherst College. With fellowships to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the Napa Valley Writers’ Con...
Tina Andrews
Tina Andrews 0000000003084191 Tina Andrews, an award-winning writer, producer and director, is known for her book “Sally Hemings An American Scandal”, which won the NAACP Image Award and the Memphis ...
Curtis Bunn
Curtis Bunn NONE Curtis Bunn, a successful novelist, broke into the literary scene in 2001 with his hit novel, “Baggage Check,” which topped the Essence bestsellers list. Recognized for his honest po...
Noah Davis
Noah Davis 0000000403317062 Noah Davis, a Pennsylvania native, is a renowned author specializing in poems and prose about the Allegheny Front. His work has featured in numerous publications and his f...
Mitchell S. Jackson
Mitchell S. Jackson 0000000409614826 Mitchell S. Jackson Awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing Mitchell S. Jackson is an acclaimed author and educator, known for his debut novel “The Resi...
Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones 0000000109223233 Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at Holy Cross College and the University of Virginia. Known for h...
Nathan McClain
Nathan McClain NONE Nathan McClain is the author of Scale, a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a graduate of the M.F.A. ...
Jeffery Renard Allen
Jeffery Renard Allen 0000000114593327 Jeffery Renard Allen, an award-winning author of poetry, short stories, and novels, is known for his celebrated novel, 'Rails Under My Back'. He's a fellow at pr...
Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark NONE Tiana Clark is the author of the poetry collections Scorched Earth (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster, 2025) and I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood (Universit...
Julie M. Holloway and Rhonda E. Alexander
Julie M. Holloway and Rhonda E. Alexander MULTIPLE
David Covin
David Covin 0000000084071877 David Covin was a Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies at CSU Sacramento and Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He wa...
Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor
Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor NONE Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor is a Washington DC-based cultural communications specialist and author. She founded the National Black Cultural Information Trust, using...
Darcel Turner
Darcel Turner NONE Darcel Turner, a New York native, is an accomplished author known for her novel, “Dana Dances on Paper.” She has attended various colleges, transcribed for The 4th National Black W...
Kakwasi Somadhi
Kakwasi Somadhi NONE Kakwasi Somadhi Kakwasi is a seasoned writer and educator with an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. She made her debut with the novel “Coming Forth by Day.” Besides t...
Irvin Weathersby Jr.
Irvin Weathersby Jr. NONE Irvin Weathersby Jr. is a Brooklyn-based writer and professor from New Orleans. He has received fellowships and awards from the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, the Re...
Shelby Steele
Shelby Steele 0000000117385953 Shelby Steele is an award-winning author, columnist, and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow. Renowned for his study on race relations and cultural issues, Steele's work h...
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice 000000011071227X Dr. Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and a Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Bu...