Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers is a fiction writer, award-winning poet and essayist, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Oklahoma. Her breath-taking debut novel, THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B DU BOIS, chronicles the journey of multiple generations of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era. Set to be one of the most talked about books of the year, it was an instant New York Times top 10 bestseller and Oprah Book Club Choice, and has drawn comparisons to the work of Toni Morrison.