By Bernard A. Drew

Here is a one cease source, containing a hundred profiles of your favourite modern African American writers, besides entire lists in their works. targeting writers who've made their mark long ago 25 years, this advisor stresses African American writers of well known and style literature-from Rochelle Alers and Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, and Omar Tyree, with a number of vintage literary giants additionally integrated. brief profiles offer an summary of the author's lifestyles and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are followed via black-and-white images of the writer. The biographies are via a whole record of the author's released works.Where are you able to locate information regarding renowned, modern African American authors? websites may be tricky to find and unreliable, really for many of the more recent authors, and their contents are inconsistent and infrequently erroneous. even though there are many reference works on African American writers, the emphasis has a tendency to be on old and literary authors. here is a unmarried quantity containing a hundred profiles of your favourite modern African American writers, in addition to lists in their works. brief profiles supply an summary of the author's existence and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are followed via black-and-white pictures of the writer. The biographies are by way of an entire checklist of the author's released works. targeting writers who've made their mark long ago 25 years, this advisor covers African American writers of renowned and style literature?€”from Rochelle Alers, Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, Omar Tyree, and Zane. a number of vintage literary giants who're well-liked by modern readers also are included?€”e.g., Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Richard Wright. Readers who need to know extra approximately their favourite African American authors or locate different books written via these authors, scholars gaining knowledge of AA authors for experiences and papers, and educators looking history info for periods in African American literature will locate this consultant useful. (High college and up.)