Literary great and thought-provoker Richard Nathaniel Wright was born September 4, 1908, on a plantation in Roxie, Mississippi, near Natchez.…

Tina McElroy Ansa, revered author and journalist from Macon, died on Tuesday (Sept. 10). She was 74. Born in Macon,…

Acclaimed author and social activist, bell hooks, has died. She was 69. The author and activist had been ill and…

Born in 1959 in Mutoko, Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) with two school teachers for parents; writer, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga…

Author Alex Haley Was Born With works such as Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, journalist and author Alex…

Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey has died after battling a longtime illness. He was 59. Dickey penned a total of…