African American Authors

H=Horror
M=Mystery
LA=Louisiana
SF=Science Fiction
NF=Non-Fiction

• Achebe, Chinua
• Andrews, Raymond
• Angelou, Maya
• Ansa, Tina
• Baldwin, James
• Bland, Eleanor (M)
• Brand, Dionne
• Briscoe, Connie
• Brookshire, LaJoyce
• Brown, Linda
• Bunkley, Anita
• Busia, Akosua
• Butler, Octavia (SF)
• Campbell, Bebe
• Carter, Charlotte
• Cary, Lorene
• Chambers, Veronica
• Chase-Riboud, Barbara
• Conde, Maryse
• Cooper, J. California
• Copeland, Sheila
• Coyle, Beverly
• Coleman, Wanda
• D'Aguiar, Fred
• Danticat, Edwidge
• Dash, Julie
• Davis, J. Madison
• Davis, Thulani
• DeBerry, Virginia
• DeLoach, Nora (M)
• Dickey, Eric
• Dixon, Melvin
• Dove, Rita
• Due, Tananrive (H)
• Edwards, Grace (M)
• Edwards, Louis (LA)
• Elliott, Max (NF)
• Ellis, Trey
• Ellison, Ralph
• Emecheta, Buchi
• Emery, Lynn (LA)
• Everett, Percival
• Ewing, Rita
• Fauset, Jessie
• Files, Lolita
• Flowers, Arthur
• Forrest, Leon
• Foster, Cecil
• French, Albert
• Gaines, Ernest (LA)
• Giovanni, Nikki
• Golden, Marita
• Greer, Robert (M)
• Grimes, Terris (M)
• Hall, Mary Bowen (M)
• Harper, Frances
• Harris, E. Lynn
• Haynes, David
• Haywood, Gar (M)
• Himes, Chester (M)
• Holton, Hugh (M)
• Hunt, Marsha,
• Hunter, Kristin
• Hurston, Zora
• Jackson, Brian Keith
• Jackson, Rhodesia (LA)
• Jackson, Sheneska
• Joe, Yolanda
• Johnson, Charles
• Kenan, Randall
• Kincaid, Jamaica
• Ladd, Florence
• Lamar, Jake
• Larsen, NeIIa
• Lester, Julius
• Lovell, Glenville
• Mathis, Sharon Bell
• McCall, Nathan (NF)
• McCrary, Crystal
• McEachin, James
• McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
• McKnight, Reginald
• McMillan, Rosalyn
• McMillan, Terry
• Meriwether, Louise
• Mitchell, Sharon
• Morrison, Toni
• Mosley, Walter (M)
• Naylor, Gloria
• Neely, Barbara
• Nelson, Jill (NF)
• Newton, Lionel
• Parker, Gwendolyn
• Parks, Gordon
• Perry, Richard
• Phillips, Mike
• Pickney, Darryl
• Porter, Connie
• Price, Richard
• Reed, lshmael
• Rhodes, Jewell
• Richardson, Brenda
• Roby, Kimberla
• Roy, Lucinda
• Sanders, Dori
• Sapphire
• Saxton, Lisa
• Schuyler, George
• Shange, Ntozake
• Shankman, Sarah
• Sherman, Charlotte
• Sinclair, April
• Smith, Faye
• Smith, Mary Burnett
• Swindle, Renee
• Taylor, Mildred
• Thornton, Lionel
• Trout, David Dante
• Turner, Dawn
• Tyree, Omar
• Vanzant, Ilyanla (NF)
• Verdelle, A. J.
• Walker, Alice
• Walker, Margaret
• Watson, Teresa McClain
• Webster, Ivan
• Welch-Tyson, Delorys
• Wesley, Valerie (M)
• West, Chassie (M)
• West, Dorothy
• Whitfield, Van
• Wideman, John
• Wiley, Richard
• Williams, Dennis
• Woodson, Jacqueline
• Yancy, Cohn
• Yerby, Frank
• Youngblood, Shay