Gloria Naylor
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Gloria Naylor (b. January 25, 1950 in New York City) is an African American novelist. Her novel The Women of Brewster Place was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
She was the first child to Roosevelt Naylor and Alberta McAlpin and in 1963 moved to Queens with her family. She joined the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1968. She believes she has been subject to mind control.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
- The Women of Brewster Place (1982), ISBN 0-670-77855-9
- Linden Hills (1985), ISBN 0-89919-357-9
- Mama Day (1988), ISBN 0-89919-716-7
- Bailey's Café (1992), ISBN 0-15-110450-6
- Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995), ISBN 0-316-59926-3 (editor)
- The Men of Brewster Place (1998), ISBN 0-7868-6421-4
- 1996 (2005), ISBN 0-88378-263-4
[edit] Notes
- ^ Weinberger, S: "Mind Games The Washington Post, January 14, 2007, W22
