Tananarive Due | |
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Born | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | January 5, 1966
Occupation | Writer, educator |
Nationality | American |
Education | Medill School of Journalism (BS, MA) |
Genre | Science fiction, mystery, horror |
Spouse | Steven Barnes (husband) |
Relatives | Jason (son) Nicki (stepdaughter) |
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Tananarive Priscilla Due (/təˈnænəriːv ˈdjuː/ tə-NAN-ə-reev DEW) (born January 5, 1966) is an American author and educator. Due won the American Book Award for her novel The Living Blood (2001), and both the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel for her novel The Reformatory (2023).[1][2] She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror. Due teaches a course at UCLA called "The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival and the Black Horror Aesthetic", which focuses on the Jordan Peele film Get Out.[3]