J. California Cooper is the author of four novels and six collections of stories. She was honoured as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.
J. California Cooper is the author of four novels and six collections of stories. She was honoured as Black Playwright of the Year, and her work received the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award from the American Library Association. She died in 2014.
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