Occupation-Novelist
Al-Tayyib Salih (1929-2009)
Political novelist Al-Tayyib Salih, whose family background was both Arab and Nubian, was one of Sudan’s most significant authors of...
Barbara Chase-Riboud (1939- )
Barbara Chase-Riboud was born on June 26, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles and Vivian Chase and is known for her...
Jesmyn Ward (1977- )
Jesmyn Ward, an acclaimed American writer and an associate professor of English at Tulane University, was born in 1977, in DeLisle, Mississippi, the town where...
Hilton Als (1960- )
Hilton Als is an American writer and art critic who was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, the child of two Barbados immigrants. Raised by his...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977- )
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian-born writer who is best known for her published works that have garnered internal acclaim. Adichie, the fifth...
Christopher Paul Curtis (1953- )
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children’s book author. He was born on May 10, 1953, in Flint, Michigan, the...
Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (1912–2016)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, more commonly known as E.R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist,...
Ann Lane Petry (1908-1997)
Writer Ann Petry was born Ann Lane on October 12, 1908, to pharmacist Peter Clark Lane, Jr. and podiatrist Bertha...
Mentis Carrere (1891-1989)
Mentis Carrere was a black activist in Los Angeles mainly known for his 1926 heroic defense of his home against...
