Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due
Tananarive Due (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in best-of-the-year anthologies. Her books include ***The Reformatory*** (winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Chautauqua Prize, Bram Stoker Award, Shirley Jackson Award, World Fantasy Award, and a New York Times Notable Book), ***The Wishing Pool and Other Stories***, ***Ghost Summer: Stories***, ***My Soul to Keep***, and ***The Good House***. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored ***Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights***. She was an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary *Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror*. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s "The Twilight Zone" on Paramount Plus, and two segments of Shudder’s anthology film *Horror Noire*. They also co-wrote their Black Horror graphic novel ***The Keeper***, illustrated by Marco Finnegan. Due and Barnes co-host a podcast, "Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!" She and her husband live with their son, Jason.
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The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2023
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Wishing Pool and Other Stories
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The Reformatory
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The Between
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South Central Noir
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Keeper
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror
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Black Panther
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Don't Turn Out the Lights
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Body Shocks
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Ghost Summer: Stories
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Don't Turn Out the Lights
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Get Out
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Global Dystopias
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Wastelands 2
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Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
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Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014 (Women Destroy Science Fiction special issue) (Volume 49)
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy And Horror 2012
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From Cape Town with love
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My soul to take
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The Monster's Corner
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The Living Dead 2
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Blood colony
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The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2023
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Wishing Pool and Other Stories
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The Reformatory
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The Between
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South Central Noir
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Keeper
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror
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Black Panther
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Don't Turn Out the Lights
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Body Shocks
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Ghost Summer: Stories
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Don't Turn Out the Lights
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Get Out
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Global Dystopias
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Wastelands 2
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Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
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Lightspeed Magazine, June 2014 (Women Destroy Science Fiction special issue) (Volume 49)
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy And Horror 2012
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From Cape Town with love
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My soul to take
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The Monster's Corner
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The Living Dead 2
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Blood colony
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