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Contemporary African American Novelists CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELISTS A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook Edited by EMMANUEL S. NELSON GreenwoodPress Westport,Connecticut • London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ContemporaryAfricanAmericannovelists : abio-bibliographical criticalsourcebook / editedbyEmmanuelS.Nelson. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0–313–30501–3(alk.paper) 1. Americanfiction—Afro-Americanauthors—Bio-bibliography— Dictionaries. 2. Americanfiction—20thcentury—Bio-bibliography— Dictionaries. 3. Novelists,American—20thcentury—Biography— Dictionaries. 4. Americanfiction—Afro-Americanauthors— Dictionaries. 5. Afro-Americannovelists—Biography—Dictionaries. 6. Americanfiction—20thcentury—Dictionaries. 7. Afro-Americans inliterature—Dictionaries. I. Nelson,EmmanuelS.(Emmanuel Sampath),1954– . PS374.N4C658 1999 813'.5409896073—dc21 98–26438 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright(cid:2)1999byEmmanuelS.Nelson Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:98–26438 ISBN:0–313–30501–3 Firstpublishedin1999 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica TM Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FOR ANTON, with affection CONTENTS PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTIONbyDeborahG.Plant xv TINAMcELROYANSAbyJoyceL.Cherry 1 DORISJEANAUSTINbyEvoraJones 6 JAMESBALDWINbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 12 TONICADEBAMBARAbyNanetteMorton 22 BARRYBECKHAMbyLorettaG.Woodard 29 HALBENNETTbyAdamMeyer 36 DAVIDHENRYBRADLEY,JR.byMarilynD.Button 42 GWENDOLYNBROOKSbySuzanneHotteMassa 47 CECILMORRISBROWNbySamuelB.Garren 53 FRANKLONDONBROWNbyCharlesTita 58 EDBULLINSbyPeggyStevensonRatliff 64 viii CONTENTS OCTAVIAE.BUTLERbyAnnLouiseKeating 69 BEBEMOORECAMPBELLbyJoyceRussell-Robinson 76 BARBARACHASE-RIBOUDbySarahMcKee 82 ALICECHILDRESSbyTerryNovak 88 MICHELLECLIFFbyCoraAgatucci 95 CYRUSCOLTERbyLeelaKapai 102 STEVENCORBINbyTerrenceJ.McGovern 108 SAMUELDELANYbyGraceSikorski 115 WILLIAMDEMBYbyPeterG.Christensen 122 MELVINDIXONbyAndre´ Hoyrd 129 LARRYDUPLECHANbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 137 RALPHWALDOELLISONbyHarishChander 142 ARTHURR.FLOWERSbyYmitriJayasundera 154 LEONFORRESTbyDanaA.Williams 158 ALBERTFRENCHbyJeffreyT.Loeb 164 ERNESTJ.GAINESbyEberhardAlsen 168 MARITAGOLDENbyLorettaG.Woodard 177 SAMGREENLEEbyAdamMeyer 185 BILLGUNNbyP.JaneSplawn 192 E.LYNNHARRISbyGraceSikorski 198 CHESTERB.HIMESbyBruceA.GlasrudandLaurieChampion 203 KRISTINHUNTERbyRennieSimson 211 CONTENTS ix BLYDENJACKSONbyGwendolynS.Jones 215 CHARLESJOHNSONbyChristianMoraru 220 GAYLJONESbyKimberlyN.Brown 227 JUNEJORDANbyKimberlyN.Brown 233 WILLIAMMELVINKELLEYbyAnissaJ.Wardi 238 RANDALLKENANbyChrisRoark 243 JOHNOLIVERKILLENSbyHarishChander 250 JAMAICAKINCAIDbyYmitriJayasundera 260 ANDREALEEbySaralaKrishnamurthy 267 AUDREYLEEbyCharlesTita 273 PHILIPLEWISbyJeffreyB.Dunham 279 AUDRELORDEbyAnnLouiseKeating 284 CLARENCEMAJORbyTracieChurchGuzzio 289 PAULEMARSHALLbyShannaD.Greene 295 SHARONBELLMATHISbyGwendolynS.Jones 304 JOHNA.McCLUSKEY,JR.byFrankE.Dobson,Jr. 309 REGINALDMcKNIGHTbyLaurieChampion 314 TERRYMcMILLANbyRitaB.Dandridge 319 LOUISEMERIWETHERbyKathyWhite 327 TONIMORRISONbyEberhardAlsen 331 WALTERMOSLEYbyKristinaL.Knotts 350 ALBERTMURRAYbyRoyKay 355 x CONTENTS WALTERDEANMYERSbyTerryNovak 360 GLORIANAYLORbySarahWhelissandEmmanuelS.Nelson 366 ANNPETRYbyMarleneD.Allen 377 CARLENEHATCHERPOLITEbyFrankE.Dobson,Jr. 384 ISHMAELREEDbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 391 JEWELLPARKERRHODESbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 401 DORISANDERSbyNicholynHutchinson 407 SAPPHIREbyTraceyWalters 411 GILSCOTT-HERONbySuzanneHotteMassa 416 NTOZAKESHANGEbySarahWhelissandEmmanuelS.Nelson 421 CHARLOTTEWATSONSHERMANbyBinduMalieckal 427 ANNALLENSHOCKLEYbyAdenikeMarieDavidson 433 APRILSINCLAIRbyJacquelineC.Jones 438 ELLEASESOUTHERLANDbyCherronA.Barnwell 443 JOYCECAROLTHOMASbyAmyE.Earhart 449 DAWNTURNERTRICEbyLean’tinBracks 454 ALICEWALKERbyMollyRoden 458 MARGARETWALKERbyAnnetteDebo 469 DOROTHYWESTbyA.YemisiJimoh 475 JOHNEDGARWIDEMANbyRobinLucy 482 SHERLEYANNEWILLIAMSbyTrelaAnderson 491 JACQUELINEWOODSONbyNicolaMorris 495

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Contemporary African American Novelists CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN NOVELISTS A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook Edited by EMMANUEL S. NELSON GreenwoodPress Westport,Connecticut • London LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ContemporaryAfricanAmericannovelists : abio-bibliographical criticalsourcebook / editedbyEmmanuelS.Nelson. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0–313–30501–3(alk.paper) 1. Americanfiction—Afro-Americanauthors—Bio-bibliography— Dictionaries. 2. Americanfiction—20thcentury—Bio-bibliography— Dictionaries. 3. Novelists,American—20thcentury—Biography— Dictionaries. 4. Americanfiction—Afro-Americanauthors— Dictionaries. 5. Afro-Americannovelists—Biography—Dictionaries. 6. Americanfiction—20thcentury—Dictionaries. 7. Afro-Americans inliterature—Dictionaries. I. Nelson,EmmanuelS.(Emmanuel Sampath),1954– . PS374.N4C658 1999 813'.5409896073—dc21 98–26438 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataisavailable. Copyright(cid:2)1999byEmmanuelS.Nelson Allrightsreserved.Noportionofthisbookmaybe reproduced,byanyprocessortechnique,withoutthe expresswrittenconsentofthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:98–26438 ISBN:0–313–30501–3 Firstpublishedin1999 GreenwoodPress,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT06881 AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica TM Thepaperusedinthisbookcomplieswiththe PermanentPaperStandardissuedbytheNational InformationStandardsOrganization(Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FOR ANTON, with affection CONTENTS PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTIONbyDeborahG.Plant xv TINAMcELROYANSAbyJoyceL.Cherry 1 DORISJEANAUSTINbyEvoraJones 6 JAMESBALDWINbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 12 TONICADEBAMBARAbyNanetteMorton 22 BARRYBECKHAMbyLorettaG.Woodard 29 HALBENNETTbyAdamMeyer 36 DAVIDHENRYBRADLEY,JR.byMarilynD.Button 42 GWENDOLYNBROOKSbySuzanneHotteMassa 47 CECILMORRISBROWNbySamuelB.Garren 53 FRANKLONDONBROWNbyCharlesTita 58 EDBULLINSbyPeggyStevensonRatliff 64 viii CONTENTS OCTAVIAE.BUTLERbyAnnLouiseKeating 69 BEBEMOORECAMPBELLbyJoyceRussell-Robinson 76 BARBARACHASE-RIBOUDbySarahMcKee 82 ALICECHILDRESSbyTerryNovak 88 MICHELLECLIFFbyCoraAgatucci 95 CYRUSCOLTERbyLeelaKapai 102 STEVENCORBINbyTerrenceJ.McGovern 108 SAMUELDELANYbyGraceSikorski 115 WILLIAMDEMBYbyPeterG.Christensen 122 MELVINDIXONbyAndre´ Hoyrd 129 LARRYDUPLECHANbyEmmanuelS.Nelson 137 RALPHWALDOELLISONbyHarishChander 142 ARTHURR.FLOWERSbyYmitriJayasundera 154 LEONFORRESTbyDanaA.Williams 158 ALBERTFRENCHbyJeffreyT.Loeb 164 ERNESTJ.GAINESbyEberhardAlsen 168 MARITAGOLDENbyLorettaG.Woodard 177 SAMGREENLEEbyAdamMeyer 185 BILLGUNNbyP.JaneSplawn 192 E.LYNNHARRISbyGraceSikorski 198 CHESTERB.HIMESbyBruceA.GlasrudandLaurieChampion 203 KRISTINHUNTERbyRennieSimson 211 CONTENTS ix BLYDENJACKSONbyGwendolynS.Jones 215 CHARLESJOHNSONbyChristianMoraru 220 GAYLJONESbyKimberlyN.Brown 227 JUNEJORDANbyKimberlyN.Brown 233 WILLIAMMELVINKELLEYbyAnissaJ.Wardi 238 RANDALLKENANbyChrisRoark 243 JOHNOLIVERKILLENSbyHarishChander 250 JAMAICAKINCAIDbyYmitriJayasundera 260 ANDREALEEbySaralaKrishnamurthy 267 AUDREYLEEbyCharlesTita 273 PHILIPLEWISbyJeffreyB.Dunham 279 AUDRELORDEbyAnnLouiseKeating 284 CLARENCEMAJORbyTracieChurchGuzzio 289 PAULEMARSHALLbyShannaD.Greene 295 SHARONBELLMATHISbyGwendolynS.Jones 304 JOHNA.McCLUSKEY,JR.byFrankE.Dobson,Jr. 309 REGINALDMcKNIGHTbyLaurieChampion 314 TERRYMcMILLANbyRitaB.Dandridge 319 LOUISEMERIWETHERbyKathyWhite 327 TONIMORRISONbyEberhardAlsen 331 WALTERMOSLEYbyKristinaL.Knotts 350 ALBERTMURRAYbyRoyKay 355 x CONTENTS WALTERDEANMYERSbyTerryNovak 360 GLORIANAYLORbySarahWhelissandEmmanuelS.Nelson 366 ANNPETRYbyMarleneD.Allen 377 CARLENEHATCHERPOLITEbyFrankE.Dobson,Jr. 384 ISHMAELREEDbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 391 JEWELLPARKERRHODESbyPierre-DamienMvuyekure 401 DORISANDERSbyNicholynHutchinson 407 SAPPHIREbyTraceyWalters 411 GILSCOTT-HERONbySuzanneHotteMassa 416 NTOZAKESHANGEbySarahWhelissandEmmanuelS.Nelson 421 CHARLOTTEWATSONSHERMANbyBinduMalieckal 427 ANNALLENSHOCKLEYbyAdenikeMarieDavidson 433 APRILSINCLAIRbyJacquelineC.Jones 438 ELLEASESOUTHERLANDbyCherronA.Barnwell 443 JOYCECAROLTHOMASbyAmyE.Earhart 449 DAWNTURNERTRICEbyLean’tinBracks 454 ALICEWALKERbyMollyRoden 458 MARGARETWALKERbyAnnetteDebo 469 DOROTHYWESTbyA.YemisiJimoh 475 JOHNEDGARWIDEMANbyRobinLucy 482 SHERLEYANNEWILLIAMSbyTrelaAnderson 491 JACQUELINEWOODSONbyNicolaMorris 495

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