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Tananarive Due
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Tananarive Due is an award-winning author who teaches Black horror and Afrofuturism at University of California, Los Angeles. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for many years, Due has received an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in best-of-the-year anthologies. Her stories have been featured on the “LeVar Burton Reads” podcast and by the Realm audio entertainment company. Due and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote for Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” and for Shudder’s anthology film “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.” They also co-wrote the Black horror graphic novel “The Keeper,” illustrated by Marco Finnegan. Due and Barnes co-host a podcast, “Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!” Her latest work, “The Wishing Pool and Other Stories,” will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.

Selected Works at the Library of Congress

Appearances at the 2023 National Book Festival

Videos from the 2023 National Book Festival