African American Writers 4

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Author	Genre	Place of Birth	Date of Birth/Death	Nationality	Source
Madhubuti, Haki R.	Poetry Essayist	Little Rock, AR	Feb. 23, 1942	American	DLB v. 41
Major, Clarence	Poetry Novelist	Atlanta, GA	Dec. 31, 1936	American	BW 1994
Marshall, Paule	Novelist Short Stories	Brooklyn, NY	April 9, 1929	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 33
Mathabane, Mark	Nonfiction	Alexandra, South Africa		African	BW 1994
Mathis, Sharon Bell	Children's Lit.	Atlantic City, NJ	Feb. 26, 1937	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 33
McKay, Claude	Poetry Novelist	Sunnyville, Jamaica	b. Sept. 15, 1889 d. May 1948	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 4, 51
McKissack, Frederick	Children's Lit.	Nashville, TN	1939	American	CSK Award Books
McKissack, Patricia	Children's Lit.	Nashville, TN	August 1944	American	BW 1994
McMillan, Roslyn	Novelist			American
McMillan, Terry	Novelist	Port Huron, MI	Oct. 18, 1951	American	BW 1994 CLC v. 50
Mebane, Mary	Children's Lit..	Durham, NC	1933	American	CSK Award Books
Meritwether, Louise	Novelist	Harlem, NY	May 1923	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 33
Miller, May	Poetry Playwright	Washington, D. C.	Jan. 26, 1899	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 41
Moody, Anne	Short Stories	Wilkerson County, MS	Sept. 15, 1940	American	BW 1989
Morrison, Toni	Novelist	Lorain, OH	Feb. 18, 1931	American	DLB v.6 CLC v.55
Mortley, Willard	Novelist	Chicago, IL	b. July 1912 d. March 1965	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 76
Mosely, Walter	Mystery			American	BW 1994
Myers, Walter Dean	Children's Lit.	Martinsburg, W. VA	August 1937	American	BW 1994

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Author Genre Place of Birth Date of Birth/Death Nationality Source

Naylor, Gloria Novelist New York, NY Jan. 25, 1950 American BW 1994

Nelson, Alice Moore D. Poetry
Short Stories
Essayist New Orleans, LA b. July 9, 1875
d. Sept. 18, 1935 American BW 1989
DLB v. 50

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Author Genre Place of Birth Date of Birth/Death Nationality Source

Parks, Gordon Novelist Fort Scott, KS Nov. 30, 1912 American BW 1994

Petry, Ann Novelist
Children's Lit. Old Saybrook, CT Oct. 12, 1908 American BW 1989
CLC v. 1

Pfister, Arthur Poetry New Orleans, LA
American

Pickney, Darryl Novelist Indianapolis, IN
American BW 1994

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