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Recommended African American Authors
African American Authors of Children's Books
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Juvenile Fiction
Derrick D. Barnes
Christopher Paul Curtis
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon Flake
Whoopi Goldberg
Eloise Greenfield
Nikki Grimes
Virginia Hamilton
Shelia P. Moses
Walter Dean Myers
Connie Rose Porter
Harriette Robinet
Mildred D. Taylor
Mildred Pitts Walter
Rita Williams-Garcia
Jacqueline Woodson
Picture Books
A-B
Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Marie Bradby
C
Jeannette Franklin Caines
Bebe Moore Campbell
Lucille Clifton
Evelyn Coleman
Trish Cooke
Donald Crews
Pat Cummings
D
E
F-H
J
K-L
Noelle Lamperti
Spike Lee
Julius Lester
M
Angela Shelf Medearis
Phil Mendez
Tololwa M. Mollel
Toni Morrison
Thylias Moss
N-O
P-Q
Denise Lewis Patrick
Gloria Jean Pinkney
J. Brian Pinkney
Sandra L. Pinkney
R
S
Ntozake Shange
Irene Smalls
John Steptoe
T
U-Z
Alice Walker
Carole Weatherford
Sherley Anne Williams
Last updated May 3, 2011