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.'
Topics
Diversity
Science
Adventure
Book Of
Creativity, Creators
Fantasy, Fantasies
Imagination
Multiculturalism
Science Fiction
Space Exploration
Sci-Fi
Creative Writing
Autobiographical Writing
Black Characters
Childhood Imagination
Childhood Writing
Early Writing
Fantasy Stories
Record Breaking
young writer
Kid's Literature
Citations
Due, Tananarive. "Author's Note." Ghost Summer: Stories, Prime Books, 2015.
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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.