Elsie B. Washington | |
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Born | Elsie Bernice Washington December 28, 1942 New York, U.S. |
Died | May 5, 2009 New York, New York, U.S. | (aged 66)
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Alma mater | City College of New York |
Period | 1980 |
Genre | romance |
Notable works | Entwined Destinies |
Elsie Bernice Washington (December 28, 1942 – May 5, 2009) was an American author whose 1980 work Entwined Destinies has been considered the first romance novel written by an African-American author featuring African-American characters.