Erica Simone Turnipseed | |
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| Born | June 12, 1971 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
Erica Simone Turnipseed (born June 12, 1971) is an African American novelist.
Erica Simone Turnipseed | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Born | June 12, 1971 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
Erica Simone Turnipseed (born June 12, 1971) is an African American novelist.
Turnipseed earned her B.A. and M.A degrees in anthropology from Yale University and Columbia University respectively. [1]
Her debut novel A Love Noire [2] won the Atlanta Choice Award Author of the Year from the Atlanta Daily World. She published her second novel Hunger in 2006. [2] Complementing Turnipseed's first two novels is A Love Noire/Hunger: The Soundtrack. [3]
In addition, Turnipseed was nominated for Breakout Author of the Year for the African American Literary Awards Show Open Book Award. [4]
Among her many appearances, Turnipseed has served as a guest lecturer at Spelman College, Medgar Evers College, Baruch College, Midwood High School, and Yale University. She was a panelist at the inaugural Brooklyn Book Festival, [5] the Brooklyn Best Festival, and the Up South International Book Festival. [6]
She is also the founder of the "Five Years for the House Initiative," a fund raising drive for the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale.
She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, New York. [7]
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