Last Updated: 27 Mar, 2024 | Views: 381
Age: 56
Profession: Author
Other Profession(s): Teacher
Famous For: Brothers And Sisters, Singing In The Comeback Choir, And What You Owe Me
Higher Education: Graduated
About (Profile/Biography):
Bebe Moore Campbell was born on February 18, 1950, and died on November 27, 2006. She was an American author, journalist, and teacher. Campbell wrote three New York Times bestsellers. Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me were among the Los Angeles Times "Best Books of 2001". Several anthologies have published her essays, articles, and excerpts.
Bebe Moore Campbell Career:
• Campbell's fiction depicted, often with disturbing details, the harm racism could cause to individuals and their relationships.
• Campbell's interest in mental health led her to write Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry, her first children's book. During the 2003 NAMI awards, this book was named the Outstanding Literature Award winner.
• Bebe Moore Campbell wrote for The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Essence, Ebony, and Black Enterprise. Morning Edition, a program broadcast by National Public Radio (NPR), featured her regular commentary.
Bebe Moore Campbell's Selected Works
Novels
• 1992: Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
• 1994: Brothers and Sisters
• 1998: Singing in the Comeback Choir
Children's Books
• 2003: Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry
• 2006: Stompin' at the Savoy
• 2008: I Get So Hungry
Non-Fiction Books
• 1986: Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage
Radio Plays
• Sugar on the Floor
• Old Lady Shoes
Bebe Moore Campbell Awards:
2003: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Outstanding Literature Award
Bebe Moore Campbell Unknown Facts:
• Bebe Moore Campbell was not only a gifted author but also an influential advocate for mental health. She used her platform to raise awareness about mental illness, particularly among African Americans, and to combat stigmas surrounding mental illness.
• Bebe Moore Campbell was an advocate for diversity in literature. The National Association of Black Women in Publishing was founded by her in 1992 to promote the work of African American women in publishing.