African-American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer.

Leon Richard Forrest (January 8, 1937 - November 6, 1997) was an African-American novelist.

Raymond Andrews (June 6, 1934-November 25, 1991) was an African-American novelist.

She wrote more books than any other African-American female novelist of the Harlem Renaissance.

Jesse Jackson, was an African-American novelist, born in Columbus, Ohio in 1908.

Frank J. Webb (1828-1894) was an African-American novelist, poet, and essayist.

Ann Petry - African-American novelist, journalist and biographer.

Gloria Naylor (born January 25, 1950) is an African-American novelist and educator.

She is a popular African-American novelist.

Heather Neff (born January 29, 1957) is an African-American novelist and award-winning university professor.