January 5, 1966 -
African-American teacher, film historian and novelist
Author of "The Between" (for which she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel in 1996), "My Soul to Keep" (for which she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1998) and "In Living Blood" (for which she won the American Book Award in 2002)