Bebe Moore Campbell | |
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 Bebe Moore Campbell | |
| Born | Elizabeth Bebe Moore February 18, 1950 |
| Died | November 27, 2006 (aged 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Inglewood Park Cemetery (Inglewood, California) |
| Education | University of Pittsburgh (BS) |
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| Years active | 1972–2006 |
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| Children | 2, including Maia Campbell |
Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.