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Akwaeke EmeziSci-Fi & FantasyAlaya Dawn JohnsonSci-Fi & FantasyAlexis HendersonSci-Fi & FantasyAlice WalkerFictionAlyssa ColeRomanceAmanda GormanPoetryAndrea Davis PinkneyChildren's BooksAngela JoyChildren's BooksAngie ThomasYoung AdultAshley AntoinetteUrban FictionAshley WoodfolkYoung AdultAttica LockeMysteryAudre LordePoetryAustin Channing BrownSelf-DevelopmentAyana GrayYoung AdultAyana MathisLiterary FictionAyobami AdebayoLiterary FictionBarack ObamaMemoirBaratunde ThurstonMemoirBarbara A. HolmesSpiritualityBebe Moore CampbellFictionBernardine EvaristoLiterary FictionBeverly JenkinsRomanceBozoma Saint JohnBusinessBrandon TaylorLiterary FictionBrandy ColbertYoung AdultBrenda JacksonRomanceBrit BennettFictionBrittney MorrisYoung AdultBryan StevensonNonfictionC.N. PhillipsUrban FictionCamille DungyPoetryCarol AndersonNonfictionCarole Boston WeatherfordChildren's BooksChanequa Walker-BarnesSpiritualityCharlayne Hunter-GaultMemoirCharles R. SaundersSci-Fi & FantasyChigozie ObiomaLiterary FictionChimamanda Ngozi AdichieFictionChinua AchebeFictionChristopher Paul CurtisChildren's BooksClaudia RankinePoetryCleo WadePoetryColson WhiteheadFictionCornel WestNonfictionDanez SmithPoetryDarnell MooreMemoirDaymond JohnBusinessDeesha PhilyawFictionDerrick BarnesChildren's BooksDerrick BellNonfictionDhonielle ClaytonYoung AdultE. Lynn HarrisFictionEden RoyceChildren's BooksEdward P. JonesFictionElizabeth AcevedoYoung AdultEmmanuel AchoNonfictionEric Jerome DickeyUrban FictionEric ThomasSelf-DevelopmentErnest J. GainesFictionFaridah Abike-IyimideYoung AdultFarrah RochonRomanceFrederick DouglassMemoirFrederick JosephMemoirGabrielle UnionSelf-DevelopmentGwendolyn BrooksPoetryHeather McGheeNonfictionHelen OyeyemiLiterary FictionHonoree Fanonne JeffersLiterary FictionHoward ThurmanSpiritualityIbi ZoboiYoung AdultIbram X. KendiNonfictionImbolo MbueLiterary FictionIsabel WilkersonNonfictionIyanla VanzantSpiritualityJ.L. SeegarsRomanceJacqueline WoodsonChildren's BooksJamaica KincaidLiterary FictionJames BaldwinFictionJasmine GuilloryRomanceJason ReynoldsYoung AdultJason WilsonSelf-DevelopmentJean ToomerFictionJericho BrownPoetryJerry CraftChildren's BooksJesmyn WardFictionJohn Hope BryantBusinessJoshua BennettPoetryJoy Deja KingUrban FictionJulian WintersYoung AdultJustina IrelandSci-Fi & FantasyK'wanUrban FictionKacen CallenderYoung AdultKalynn BayronYoung AdultKekla MagoonYoung AdultKennedy RyanRomanceKeturah KendrickMemoirKiese LaymonMemoirKwame AlexanderChildren's BooksKwame MbaliaChildren's BooksKwana JacksonRomanceL.L. McKinneyYoung AdultLadarrion WilliamsYoung AdultLamar GilesYoung AdultLangston HughesPoetryLayla F. SaadNonfictionLesa Cline-RansomeChildren's BooksLuvvie Ajayi JonesSelf-DevelopmentMaaza MengisteLiterary FictionMaika MouliteYoung AdultMargaret WalkerFictionMargot Lee ShetterlyNonfictionMarlon JamesSci-Fi & FantasyMary MonroeFictionMatthew A. CherryChildren's BooksMaurice Carlos RuffinLiterary FictionMaya AngelouMemoirMia SosaRomanceMichael ArceneauxMemoirMichael HarriotHistoryMichelle ObamaMemoirMikki KendallNonfictionMinda HartsBusinessMorgan JerkinsMemoirMorgan ParkerPoetryMychal Denzel SmithMemoirN.K. JemisinSci-Fi & FantasyNadia OwusuMemoirNaima SimoneRomanceNalo HopkinsonSci-Fi & FantasyNamina FornaYoung AdultNedra Glover TawwabSelf-DevelopmentNella LarsenFictionNgugi wa Thiong'oLiterary FictionNic StoneYoung AdultNicole LynnBusinessNikki GiovanniPoetryNikole Hannah-JonesNonfictionNnedi OkoraforSci-Fi & FantasyNoViolet BulawayoLiterary FictionNoireUrban FictionOctavia ButlerSci-Fi & FantasyOmar TyreeUrban FictionOyinkan BraithwaiteLiterary FictionP. Djeli ClarkSci-Fi & FantasyPatrice WashingtonSelf-DevelopmentPatricia SmithPoetryPearl CleageFictionPercival EverettLiterary FictionPiper HuguleyRomanceQuestloveMemoirRachel RodgersSelf-DevelopmentRalph EllisonFictionRaven LeilaniLiterary FictionRebekah WeatherspoonRomanceReginald Dwayne BettsPoetryRenee WatsonYoung AdultResmaa MenakemSelf-DevelopmentRichard WrightFictionRivers SolomonSci-Fi & FantasyRobert Jones Jr.Literary FictionRoseanne A. BrownYoung AdultRoxane GayNonfictionS.A. CosbyLiterary FictionSaeed JonesMemoirSamuel R. DelanySci-Fi & FantasySandra KittRomanceSarah Jakes RobertsSpiritualityShannon HolmesUrban FictionShellye ArchambeauBusinessSheree Renee ThomasSci-Fi & FantasySister SouljahUrban FictionSonia SanchezPoetrySonya Renee TaylorSelf-DevelopmentSteven BarnesSci-Fi & FantasySuyi Davies OkungbowaSci-Fi & FantasyT.D. JakesSpiritualityTa-Nehisi CoatesNonfictionTade ThompsonSci-Fi & FantasyTalia HibbertRomanceTananarive DueSci-Fi & FantasyTara Jaye FrankBusinessTarana BurkeMemoirTayari JonesLiterary FictionTeju ColeLiterary FictionTeri WoodsUrban FictionTerry McMillanRomanceThema BryantSelf-DevelopmentTia WilliamsRomanceTiffany AlicheSelf-DevelopmentTiffany D. JacksonYoung AdultTochi OnyebuchiSci-Fi & FantasyTomi AdeyemiYoung AdultToni MorrisonFictionTonya RapleyBusinessTracy DeonnYoung AdultTracy MacBrown Sugar BeachTreasure HernandezUrban FictionTressie McMillan CottomNonfictionTrevor NoahMemoir