Gloria Naylor

Gloria Naylor was an American novelist born in New York City in 1950.
* She was the daughter of two factory workers and grew up in a housing project.
* Naylor attended Brooklyn College and Yale University, where she studied English and African American studies.
* Her first novel, The Women of Brewster Place, was published in 1982 and won the National Book Award for Fiction.
* Naylor went on to publish five more novels, including Linden Hills (1985), Mama Day (1988), and The Men of Brewster Place (1998).
* She was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the American Book Award.
* Naylor died in 2016 at the age of 66.
* She is considered one of the most important voices in American literature.