Biographical Sources on African American Novelists

Bailey, Leaonead. Broadside Authors and Artists; An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1974.

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Davis, Thadious, and Trudier Harris. Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955 [Vol. 33 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography]. Detroit: Gale, 1984.

Reference Center PS221.D5 v.33

Fifty articles on authors of the period, such as James Baldwin and Toni

Morrison; personal and critical comment.

Davis, Thadious, and Trudier Harris. Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers [Vol. 38 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography]. Detroit: Gale, 1985.

Reference Center PS221.D5 v.38

Thirty five writers, including Alex Haley and Amiri Baraka, with personal

and critical comment.

Foster, Mamie. Southern Black Creative Writers; 1829-1953: Bio-bibliographies. New York: Garland, 1989.

Leavey Z1229.N5F67

Harris, Trudier. Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955. [Vol. 76 of Dictionary of Literary Biography]. Detroit: Gale, 1988.

Reference Center PS2211.D5 v.76

Metzger, Linda. Black Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale, 1989.

Reference Center PS153.N5B567

Roses, Lorraine. Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945. Boston: Hall, 1990.

Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS153.N5R65

Spradling, Mary. In Black and White: A Guide to Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, and Books Concerning More Than 15,000 Black Individuals and Groups. Detroit: Gale, 1981.

Doheny Stacks; Leavey; Reference Center Z1361.N39S655

Werner, Craig. Black American Women Novelists. Pasadena: Salem, 1989.

Reference Center Z1229.N39W47 1989

For additional sources, use the following subject headings in Homer and the card catalog:

• Afro-American - Novelists
• Afro-American - Women Novelists