Jonee ansa biography books

American novelist (1949–2024)

Tina McElroy Ansa (November 18, 1949 – September 10, 2024) was an American penman, filmmaker, teacher, businesswoman and journalist.^[1][2] Her work appeared in goodness Los Angeles Times, Newsday,The Beleaguering Constitution, Florida Times-Union, Essence Magazine, The Crisis, Ms.

Magazine, America Magazine, and Atlanta Magazine.^[3]

Writing career

After graduating from college and running diggings for several years in far-out variety of positions at primacy Atlanta Constitution, Ansa wrote assorted novels and has been a-okay frequent contributor to numerous periodicals, including the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Ansa's fiction portrays a fashion of Black women in decency recent and modern American Southward, with a blend of say publicly supernatural and traditional superstition. Cook first novel, Baby of position Family, was named a Noteworthy Book of the Year strong The New York Times. Baby of the Family was besides on the African-America Best-seller Document for Paperback Fiction.

In Oct 2001, Baby of the Family was chosen by the Sakartvelo Center for the Book despite the fact that one of the "Top 25 books Every Georgian Should Read." The book was selected sponsor the American Library Association Worst Books for Young Adults in vogue 1990, and won the 1989 Georgia Authors Series Award.

She instructed writing workshops at Spelman College, Emory University, and Maritime Georgia Community College.

Ansa extra her husband were adapting Baby of the Family for grandeur screen in a feature release starring Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vanessa Spiffy tidy up. Williams, Todd Bridges, Pam Grier.

In March 2007, Ansa launched an independent announcement company, DownSouth Press, with trig focus on African-American literature.^[2] Go to pieces fifth novel, Taking After Mudear,^[4] was the lead title hallucination DownSouth Press's first list whitehead the fall of 2007.^[5]

Personal strive and death

Tina McElroy was whelped in Macon, Georgia on Nov 18, 1949,^[6] to Walter Tabulate.

and Nellie McElroy. She grew up in the Pleasant Pile neighborhood.^[3] Ansa graduated from Spelman College^[7] and was married journey Jonée Ansa, a filmmaker, assistance 42 years. Ansa lived impression St. Simons Island, Georgia pivot she wrote, edited and publicized through her DownSouth Press.

She forged on with the Appearance of her beloved husband disrespect her side.

Ansa died spar September 10, 2024, at goodness age of 74.^[8]

Bibliography

• Baby of character Family (San Diego: Harcourt Curl Jovanovich, 1989. ISBN 0-15-610150-5)
• Ugly Ways (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Co., 1995.

  ISBN 0-15-600077-6)

• The Hand I Fan With (New York: Doubleday, 1998. ISBN 0-385-47601-9)
• You Know Better (New York: William Morrow, 2002. ISBN 0-06-019779-X)
• "Rachel" in Mending the World: Stories of by Contemporary Black Writers, Rosemarie Robotham, editor (New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2003.

  ISBN 0-465-07062-0)

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