10 Black Women Writers

I recently hit the first milestone in my Heritage Reads challenge: I read the work of 10 Black women writers. I added this category because there are so many fantastic books I wanted to read, and who do I have more in common with than Black women?

I am very pleased to share these books with all of you. Hopefully something will catch your eye.

• Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Wench
• Octavia Butler, Kindred
• Alaya Dawn Johnson, The Summer Prince
• Beverly Jenkins, Vivid and Destiny’s Embrace
• N.K. Jemisin, The Killing Moon
• Tananarive Due, My Soul to Keep
• Karen English, Nikki and Deja
• Nikki Grimes, Planet Middle School
• Kekla Magoon, Camo Girl
• Rita Williams-Chadda, One Crazy Summer

Have you read any of these books? Who is your favourite black woman writer? Share your comments below!

_{Important note: My classification of these writers may not match up to their own self-identification. The women I have listed here as Black may more accurately fit in one of my other categories or none of them at all. These labels are a useful way to organize myself, but we all know labels are for cans, not people.}