Tananarive Due | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Due at the 2023 National Book Festival | |
| Born | January 5, 1966 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| 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) |
| Website | |
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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]
- ^ "The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards Winners". thebramstokerawards.com. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Shirley Jackson Awards". shirleyjacksonawards.org. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "What Is Black Horror? 'The Sunken Place' Professor Tananarive Due Explains". shadowandact.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.