NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author

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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author.

Winners and finalists

Award winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2007 Hill Harper Letters to a Young Brother Winner [1]
Lisa Jones Johnson A Dead Man SpeaksNominee [1]
Charlene A. Porter Boldfaced LiesNominee [1]
Dwight Fryer The Legend of Quito RoadNominee [1]
Bil Carpenter Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music EncyclopediaNominee [1]
2008 Victoria Rowell The Women Who Raised Me: A MemoirWinner [2]
Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Nominee [3]
Robin Givens Grace Will Lead Me HomeNominee [3]
Ravi Howard “Like Trees, Walking”Nominee [3]
Ishmael Beah A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Nominee [3]
2009 David Glenn Brown Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own ConclusionWinner [4] [5]
2010 Reginald Dwayne Betts A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in PrisonWinner [6]
BeNeca Ward 3rd Generation CountryNominee [7]
Attica Locke Black Water RisingNominee [7]
Farai Chideya Kiss the SkyNominee [7]
Amanda Smyth Lime Tree Can’t Bear OrangeNominee [7]
2011 Isabel Wilkerson The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Winner [8]
2012 Shirley Strawberry The Strawberry Letter: Real Talk, Real Advice, Because Bitterness Isn’t SexyWinner [9]
Denise Hall Brown 2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors and Supporters Navigate the Healing ProcessNominee [9]
Justin Torres We the AnimalsNominee [9]
Patricia Duncan Defining Moment: Barack Obama: The Historical Journey to 1600 Pennsylvania AvenueNominee [9]
Shella Gillus The LoomNominee [9]
2013 Darryl L. Lacy Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own WordsWinner [10]
Mayi Ngwala and Allain NgwalaCongo: Spirit of Darkness (Volume 1)Nominee [10] [11]
R. Kayeen Thomas AntebellumNominee [10] [11]
Sonia Jackson Myles The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your SisterNominee [10] [11]
Yvvette Edwards A Cupboard Full of CoatsNominee [10] [11]
2014 Sheri Booker Nine Years UnderWinner [12]
Hannah Weyer On the Come Up: A Novel, Based on a True StoryNominee [12]
Jason Mott The Returned Nominee [12]
Taiye Selasi Ghana Must Go Nominee [12]
2015 Dwayne Alexander Smith Forty AcresWinner [13]
Darrell Miller The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of FameNominee [13]
Morowa Yejide Time of the LocustNominee [13]
Natalie Baszile Queen Sugar Nominee [13]
Toni Ann Johnson Remedy for a Broken AngelNominee [13]
2016 Chigozie Obioma The Fishermen Winner [14]
Angela Flournoy The Turner House Nominee [14]
April Ryan The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in AmericaNominee [14]
Naomi Jackson The Star Side of Bird HillNominee [14]
Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be BrokenNominee [14]
2017 Trevor Noah Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Winner [15]
Lisa Fenn Carry OnNominee [15]
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal CourtNominee [15]
Natashia Deón GraceNominee [15]
Cory Booker United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common GoodNominee [15]
2018 Stephanie Powell Watts No One Is Coming to Save UsWinner [16]
Devin Allen A Beautiful GhettoNominee [16]
Leland Melvin Chasing Spaces: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace & Second ChancesNominee [16]
Patricia Williams , with Jeannine AmberRabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. PatNominee [16]
Gabrielle Union We're Going to Need More WineNominee [16]
2019David Mann and Shaun SandersUs Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and FamilyWinner [17]
Gaël Faye Small Country Nominee [17]
Janet Dewart Bell Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights MovementNominee [17]
Nafissa Thompson-Spires Heads of the Colored People (paperback)Nominee [17]
Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson IILucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social JusticeNominee [17]
2020 Hal Banfield I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black DancerWinner [18]
Erica Campbell More Than Pretty: Doing the Soul Work That Uncovers Your True BeautyNominee [18]
Lauren Wilkinson American Spy Nominee [18]
Joanne Ramos The FarmNominee [18]
Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age Nominee [18]
2021 Elijah E. Cummings We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our DemocracyWinner [19]
Brittany K. Barnett A Knock at MidnightNominee [20]
Cole Brown Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White WorldNominee [20]
Megan Giddings LakewoodNominee [20]
Walter Thompson-Hernández The Compton CowboysNominee [20]
2022 Cicely Tyson Just As I AmWinner [21] [22]
Katherine Johnson My Remarkable JourneyNominee [22]
Zakiya Dalila Harris The Other Black Girl Nominee [22]
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Nominee [22]
Rebecca Hall Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave RevoltsNominee [22]
2023 George McCalman Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the UnseenWinner [23]
Boyah J. Farah America Made Me a Black ManNominee [24]
Ekemini Uwan , Christina Edmondson, and Michelle HigginsTruth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and LiberationNominee [24]
Kai Harris What the Fireflies KnewNominee [24]
Kevin Fredericks and Melissa FredericksMarriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your PartnerNominee [24]
2024 Krystle Zara Appiah RootlessWinner [25]
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu And Then He Sang a LullabyNominee [26]
Kim Coleman Foote Coleman HillNominee [26]
Kleaver Cruz The Black Joy ProjectNominee [26]
Breanne McIvor The God of Good LooksNominee [26]

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