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List of African-American writers

This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Wikipedia articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of African descent.

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  • ZZ Packer (born 1973), writer of short fiction
  • Gordon Parks (1912–2006), photographer, composer, author, poet, and film directo
  • Suzan-Lori Parks (born 1963), playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist
  • Tyler Perry (born 1969), actor, filmmaker and playwright
  • Eric Pete (living), novelist and short-story writer
  • Ann Petry (1908–1997), writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism

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  • Henry Van Dyke (1928–2011), novelist, editor, teacher and musician
  • Ivan Van Sertima (1935–2009), professor, author, historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University
  • Bethany Veney (–1916), author of Aunt Betty's Story: The Narrative of Bethany Veney, A Slave Woman (1889)
  • Olympia Vernon (born 1973), novelist

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  • Zane (born 1966/67), author of erotic fiction
  • Ahmos Zu-Bolton (1948–2005), activist, poet and playwright

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