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Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant
Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant MULTIPLE Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant are best friends turned successful authors, known for their enduring collaboration in African American fiction. Both started...
Donna Drew Sawyer
Donna Drew Sawyer NONE Donna Drew Sawyer, author of Provenance, has a rich background in arts administration, advertising, and public relations. A New Yorker with over three decades of experience in ...
Grant Harper Reid
Grant Harper Reid NONE Dr. Grant Harper Reid, author of award-winning biography, “Rhythm For Sale,” explores the life of his grandfather, influential theatre producer Leonard Harper. An arts graduate...
Kelly Harris-DeBerry
Kelly Harris-DeBerry NONE Kelly Harris-DeBerry is an award-winning poet and the author of Freedom Knows My Name. Known for her gift to bring poems to life by using her voice as an instrument, audienc...
Donna M. Gray-Banks
Donna M. Gray-Banks NONE Donna M. Gray-Banks, founder of F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival, is a successful author known for her suspense erotic trilogy and a guest columnist for various outlets. She hosts tw...
Donna Every
Donna Every NONE Donna Every, a Mathematics graduate, Chartered Accountant, and MBA, worked at Ernst & Young Barbados for a decade before starting her own business. Passionate about helping people im...
Donna Hill
Donna Hill NONE Donna Hill a Pioneer of the African American Romance Genre Donna Hill, began her career in 1987 writing short stories for True Confessions magazine. Since that time she has more than ...
Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon and K.M. Jackson
Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon and K.M. Jackson MULTIPLE Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon, and K.M. Jackson are renowned authors, each lending unique voices and perspectives to the literary world. Their works sp...
Donna Hill, Grace Octavia, and Delaney Diamond
Donna Hill, Grace Octavia, and Delaney Diamond MULTIPLE Donna Hill, Grace Octavia, and Delaney Diamond are renowned authors known for their engaging narratives and compelling characters, each bringin...
Donna Hill and Carolyn Hector
Donna Hill and Carolyn Hector MULTIPLE Donna Hill and Carolyn Hector are renowned authors known for their romance novels. Their captivating storytelling and relatable characters have won them numerou...
Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Pearl Cleage, Donna Hill, Parry Brown, Omar Tyree
Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Pearl Cleage, Donna Hill, Parry Brown, Omar Tyree MULTIPLE Explore the works of acclaimed authors Tracy Price-Thompson, TaRessa Stovall, Pearl Cleage, D...
Donna L. Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers
Donna L. Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers MULTIPLE Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers are esteemed authors ...
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray MULTIPLE Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason, and Francis Ray are renowned authors. Their work primarily explores themes of love, rela...
Donna Hill, Niobia Bryant, and Zuri Day
Donna Hill, Niobia Bryant, and Zuri Day MULTIPLE Donna Hill, Niobia Bryant, and Zuri Day are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives. Their work spans various genres, captivating rea...
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson, and Francis Ray
Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson, and Francis Ray MULTIPLE "Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson, and Francis Ray are renowned authors known for their significant contributions in the...
Donna Hill, Francis Ray, Margie Walker
Donna Hill, Francis Ray, Margie Walker MULTIPLE Donna Hill, Francis Ray, and Margie Walker are renowned authors known for their compelling narratives and engaging storytelling. Donna Hill, Franci...
Shauntay Grant
Shauntay Grant 0000000082860020 Shauntay Grant is a Halifax-based writer and performance artist. She's written multiple children's books, including award-winning 'Up Home' and 'Africville'. Grant als...
Lamar Giles
Lamar Giles 0000000514184709 L.R. Giles is a renowned author and speaker from Virginia, known for his commitment to diversity in publishing. A founding member of We Need Diverse Books, Giles made his...
Tracy Grant
Tracy Grant NONE Tracy Grant, a Brooklyn-born writer, gained fame at Georgetown University as an editorial writer. He became Senior Editor at music magazine Straight From the Street while also freela...
Donna Oriowo
Donna Oriowo NONE Dr. Donna Oriowo (pronounced “oreo-whoa!”), LICSW, CST, is an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker, and certified sex and relationship therapist based in the Washingto...
Donna Britt
Donna Britt NONE Donna Marie Britt, a renowned Washington Post columnist since 1991, shares stories about life and relationships. A graduate of Hampton University and University of Michigan, she auth...
Donna L. Brazile
Donna L. Brazile NONE Donna Brazile is a seasoned Democratic political strategist, leading the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign as the first African American woman. She is Chair of the Democratic Nationa...
Donna Janell Bowman
Donna Janell Bowman NONE John David Anderson is an acclaimed author of children's books. He has written several bestselling series, including “Sidekicked” and “Minion.” Anderson's writing is known fo...
Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells
Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells MULTIPLE Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells are renowned editors known for their collaboration on works of John Hope Franklin. Their expertise enriches Fr...
Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli 0000000109071663 Donna Jo Napoli, an award-winning author of fantasy and contemporary novels, received the Golden Kite Award for 'Stones in Water'. Her book 'Zel' earned multiple reco...
Donna Ford
Donna Ford 0000000115111027 Donna Ford, Ph.D., is a distinguished author and acclaimed educational psychologist known for her significant contributions in the field of education. Donna Ford Ph.D.
Larry Linwell Rowe
Larry Linwell Rowe NONE Larry Linwell Rowe is a lawyer, historian, and former West Virginia legislator with degrees from West Virginia University. Based in Old Malden, he's known for his research on ...
Virginia Hamilton
Virginia Hamilton 0000000114915488 Growing up on a small farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio, in the 1940s, Virginia Hamilton was lovingly embraced by the sights, sounds and smells of rural...
Gail Milissa Grant
Gail Milissa Grant NONE Gail Milissa Grant (1949–2024) was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri at the cusp of the modern civil rights movement. She is currently a writer and public speaker,...
Christopher Grant
Christopher Grant 0000000068848201 Brooklyn-born Christopher Grant, an alumnus of Stony Brook University, is a diverse professional with experiences ranging from equities trader to actor. Inspired by...
Shauna J. Grant
Shauna J. Grant NONE Shauna J. Grant, a celebrated cartoonist known for her cute creations, is the author of 'Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe.' She's also contributed to 'Black Comix Returns', 'Noisem...
Grant Hill
Grant Hill 0000000116362151 Grant Henry Hill, born October 5, 1972, is a former NBA player who played for four teams including the Detroit Pistons and LA Clippers. He's also an avid art collector. Gr...
Grant Bywaters
Grant Bywaters NONE Grant Bywaters, a former private investigator and current security worker at Portland Airport, is finishing his psychology degree at Portland State University. Living in Beaverton...
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...
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington 0000000067719053 Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and children’s book author (Boo Stew). She performs at festivals, sch...
Ronnie Sidney, II
Ronnie Sidney, II MULTIPLE Ronnie Sidney, II, MSW, is a Virginia-based therapist, entrepreneur, speaker, author, and social advocate with a passion for social justice and youth work. Despite early ac...
Menah Adeola Eyaside Pratt
Menah Adeola Eyaside Pratt NONE Menah Pratt, born in Pittsburgh, is a highly educated leader recognized as one of Virginia's Top 50 Women Leaders. She serves as the Vice President for Strategic Affai...
Virginia Black
Virginia Black 0000000112712687 Virginia Black is a California-born writer, now living in the Pacific Northwest. Known for her love of whiskey, loud music, and dark speculative fiction, she spends he...
Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage 0000000080050112 Congrats to Lynn Nottage: Winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Lynn Nottage, a distinguished playwright and lecturer, is celebrated for her outstanding plays and awarded ...
Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille
Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille MULTIPLE Maya Angelou and Hardie Grant Quadrille
Omar Grant
Omar Grant NONE Omar Grant is an American music executive and co‑president of Jay‑Z’s Roc Nation, with over two decades in A&R at EMI, Epic and Roc Nation. He has helped shape the careers of artists...
Rae Wynn-Grant
Rae Wynn-Grant NONE Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a wildlife ecologist, conservation scientist, author, television host, storyteller, equity and justice advocate, and beyond. With over 20 years of ecology r...
Daryl Cumber Dance
Daryl Cumber Dance 000000011473816X Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance is a Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, is a Ford Foundation Fello...
Tamiya Davis
Tamiya Davis NONE Tamiya Davis, a Virginia native, is a longshoreman, fashion entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. Her achievements include running a rights restoration chapter, owning a f...
Vernon Kitabu Turner
Vernon Kitabu Turner NONE Vernon “Kitabu” Turner, an African-American spiritual guru, Zen master, and martial artist, was raised Christian but became a Zen initiate after meeting master Nomura Roshi ...
Donna Hill, Zuri Day, and Cheris Hodges
Donna Hill, Zuri Day, and Cheris Hodges MULTIPLE Rochelle Alers, Cheris Hodges, and Zuri Day are renowned authors, each contributing significantly to the literary world with their captivating writi...
Donna Hill, Gwynne Forster and Parry Brown
Donna Hill, Gwynne Forster and Parry Brown MULTIPLE
Omar Tyree, Donna Hill, Monica Jackson, Linda Addison, and Kevin S. Brockenbrough
Omar Tyree, Donna Hill, Monica Jackson, Linda Addison, and Kevin S. Brockenbrough MULTIPLE
Donna Marcia Wells
Donna Marcia Wells NONE Certainly, I'd be happy to assist. However, you haven't provided the author bio that you'd like me to summarize. Could you please provide the details?
Chaun Webster
Chaun Webster NONE Chaun Webster, a poet, publisher, and graphic designer, is influenced by the Black Arts Movement, Jazz, and Graffiti. He founded Free Poet’s Press in 2009 to encourage art producti...
Roger Martin Davis
Roger Martin Davis NONE Roger Martin Davis, also known as Adisa Maina Omar, is a New York-born, globally-traveled author and certified Reiki practitioner. He is a graduate of Cornell University, Kore...
Matthew Lynch
Matthew Lynch 0000000429289063 Matthew Lynch is a professional educator, grant reviewer, writer, and author with articles in Huffington Post, Education Week and academic journals. He is also known fo...
Jennifer L. Morgan
Jennifer L. Morgan 0000000116288983 Jennifer L. Morgan is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner Morgan is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation's "Genius" Grant Winner, for "Deep...
Brandon Easton, Karl Bollers, Greg Anderson Elysée, Lindsay Faye, and Steven Grant
Brandon Easton, Karl Bollers, Greg Anderson Elysée, Lindsay Faye, and Steven Grant MULTIPLE
Wyatt Tee Walker
Wyatt Tee Walker 0000000082666762 Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker was a pastor, civil rights leader, theologian, and historian, best known for his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC. He hel...
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright 0000000049194273 Shannon Wright, based in Richmond, Virginia, is an illustrator and cartoonist known for her work on books like “My Mommy Medicine” and “Twins.” She also designs cover ...
Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino NONE Kiki Petrosino, a Professor of Poetry at the University of Virginia, is the author of four poetry books, including “White Blood: a Lyric of Virginia.” Her work has been featured i...
Justene Hill Edwards
Justene Hill Edwards NONE Justene Hill Edwards is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Justene Hill Edwards is an associate profess...
William Evans
William Evans NONE William Evans, a renowned author, speaker, and MFA candidate, is a co-founder of Black Nerd Problems and creator of the Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam. He's a recipient of multiple gra...
Janae Marie
Janae Marie NONE Krystle Hudson, also known as Janae Marie, is an award-winning author and filmmaker from Detroit. Known for her creativity and passion, she started writing poetry at 13 and novels at...
Vashti Harrison
Vashti Harrison 0000000476987403 Vashti Harrison, born in 1988, is a Virginia-based author, illustrator, and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She has degrees in Media Studies, Studio Art, F...
Ruth P. Watson
Ruth P. Watson NONE Ruth P. Watson is a Virginia-born author and educator, now living in Atlanta. Known for bestsellers like Blackberry Days of Summer, she also writes children's books and is a docum...
Christopher C. Bell Jr.
Christopher C. Bell Jr. NONE Chris Bell Jr., a Black poet, essayist, educationist, novelist, and retired army Major, holds a Doctorate in Education. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia during racial...
Melvin Patrick Ely
Melvin Patrick Ely 0000000030403653 Melvin Patrick Ely is an acclaimed author and historian specializing in African American and Southern history. His prize-winning book, 'Israel on the Appomattox', ...
Fanita Pendleton
Fanita Pendleton NONE Fanita “Moon†Pendleton, originally from Oakland, is a parole officer based in Norfolk, Virginia. She's an experienced criminal justice instructor with a Masters in Public A...
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver
Elizabeth Murphy Oliver NONE Elizabeth Murphy Oliver Abney, former city editor and columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American and granddaughter of its founder, has died at 85. A respected journalist a...
Carl Weber
Carl Weber 0000000111497479 Carl Weber, born in 1964, is a New York Times bestselling author and renowned African American author with over 20 novels. He's also the CEO of Urban Books LLC, one of the...
Amy Watkins
Amy Watkins NONE Amy Watkins, an award-winning author and physician, is known for her fictional works addressing social issues. A former Navy physician, she now practices family medicine in Virginia....
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes 0000000029034029 Recipient of the 2022 Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Nikki Grimes is a renowned author, poet, and journalist from Harlem, New York. Known for her children a...
MaKshya Tolbert
MaKshya Tolbert NONE MaKshya Tolbert practices poetry and placemaking in Virginia, where her grandmother raised her. She is the 2025 Art in Library Spaces Artist-in-Residence at the University of Vi...
Kristen Green
Kristen Green NONE Kristen Green is a New York Times bestselling author and reporter, recognized for her non-fiction work. She has a 20-year writing career with newspapers like the Boston Globe. Gree...
Tamara Mayo
Tamara Mayo NONE Tamara Mayo, a Virginia-native author, developed her love for reading at a young age. She moved to California at 19, where she pursued a writing career including ghostwriting and edi...
Robert Deane Pharr
Robert Deane Pharr 0000000063320993 “…I would let white people look at the black man as he lives when the white man is not looking or listening.” Robert Deane Pharr, born 1916, was ...
Cheryl McKissack Daniel
Cheryl McKissack Daniel NONE Cheryl McKissack Daniel is the award-winning president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack. She serves as principal-in-charge and project executive on numerous high-pro...
Micah L. McCreary
Micah L. McCreary NONE Rev. Dr. Micah L. McCreary, from Detroit, Michigan, is the 12th president of New Brunswick Theological Seminary since 2017. He has degrees in Engineering, Divinity, and Counsel...
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom 0000000459857682 Tressie McMillan Cottom, a sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of “Lower Ed”, is renowned for her insights on for-profit educat...
Kamaryn Hunt
Kamaryn Hunt NONE Kamaryn Hunt, a Virginia native and Southern University graduate, is an emerging author inspired by her mother, La Jill Hunt. Known for her passion for reading, she also enjoys phot...
Janelle Washington
Janelle Washington NONE Janelle Washington, a self-taught paper cut artist from Virginia, has work in the Smithsonian National Museum and Downing-Gross Community Arts Center. She is a member of The G...
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor 0000000038283932 Trinidad-born, Queens-bred Cheryl Boyce Taylor is a celebrated poet and visual artist. She's authored several poetry collections, received the Partners in Writing...
Kelvin Bodley
Kelvin Bodley NONE Kelvin D. Bodley, a Chicago native and now Florida resident, is a social change advocate, author, and Minister of the Gospel. He served as the Special Assistant to Mayor Anthony Gr...
Shelly Oria
Shelly Oria 0000000444542979 Shelly Oria is an acclaimed author known for “New York 1, Tel Aviv 0” and the digital novella, “CLEAN.” Her work has received nominations for numerous awards, including a...
muMs the schemer
muMs the schemer NONE Craig Grant, known as muMs the Schemer, is a poet and actor from the Bronx, New York. He rose to fame in the documentary SlamNation and through his role as “Poet” in HBO's Oz. H...
Michael R. Jackson
Michael R. Jackson 0000000023302176 Michael R. Jackson, a BFA and MFA graduate from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, is a renowned songwriter and playwright. Known for his work on musicals like 'Teeth',...
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 0000000115887079 Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a civil rights attorney, writer, playwright, and Constitutional Law professor at John Jay College (CUNY). She previously taught...
Tiphanie Yanique
Tiphanie Yanique 0000000071326295 Tiphanie Yanique, a novelist, poet, and professor from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is renowned for her numerous awards including the Mary Grant Charles Award ...
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds 0000000050509463 Jason Reynolds is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner Jason Reynolds, an acclaimed author and professor, aims to engage readers, espec...
Chanda Feldman
Chanda Feldman 0000000497214477 Chanda Feldman, an accomplished poet and academic, hails from Nashville, Tennessee. She's a former Wallace Stegner Fellow, NEA grant recipient, and is currently teachi...
J. Drew Lanham
J. Drew Lanham NONE J. Drew Lanham is a distinguished author, poet, and professor of Wildlife Ecology. Known for his books 'Sparrow Envy' and 'The Home Place', he's recognized with a MacArthur Grant ...