The Black Rose

Name: The Black Rose
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780345441560

by Unknown Author

384 pages2001One World/BallantineISBN 9780345441560

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Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful beauty company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes. Renowned author Alex Haley became fascinated by the story of this extraordinary heroine, and before his death in 1992, he embarked on the research and outline of a major novel based on her life. Now with The Black Rose, critically acclaimed writer Tananarive Due brings Haley's work to an inspiring completion. Blending documented history, vivid dialogue, and a sweeping fictionalized narrative, Tananarive Due paints a vivid portrait of this passionate and tenacious pioneer and the unforgettable era in which she lived.

Publication Details

Publisher: One World/Ballantine
Published: 2001
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780345441560

About Unknown Author

Tananarive Due (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won 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 books include ***The Reformatory*** (winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Chautauqua Prize, Bram Stoker Award, Shirley Jackson Award, World Fantasy Award, and a New York Times Notable Book), ***The Wishing Pool and Other Stories***, ***Ghost Summer: Stories***, ***My Soul to Keep***, and ***The Good House***. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored ***Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights***. She was an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary *Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror*. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s "The Twilight Zone" on Paramount Plus, and two segments of Shudder’s anthology film *Horror Noire*. They also co-wrote their Black Horror graphic novel ***The Keeper***, illustrated by Marco Finnegan. Due and Barnes co-host a podcast, "Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!" She and her husband live with their son, Jason.