Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers was born in 1967 and raised in Durham, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia.
An accomplished poet before her debut novel, her first collection, The Gospel of Barbecue (2000), won the Stan and Tom Wick poetry prize.
Her poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous prestigious literary journals including American Poetry Review, Callaloo, and the Kenyon Review.
She has received honors from the Rona Jaffe Foundation, MacDowell Colony, and Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women.
Jeffers teaches creative writing as an associate professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.
Her work consistently explores themes of culture, religion, race, and family.
