Tananarive Due Quotes


As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'


Citations

Due, Tananarive. "Author's Note." Ghost Summer: Stories, Prime Books, 2015.

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  • Born: January 5, 1966
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer, Educator

Tananarive Priscilla Due (/təˈnænəriːv ˈdjuː/ tə-NAN-ə-reev DEW) is an American author and educator. She is best 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.