more like, “What black SF authors are there?
The four most prominent are probably Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, Steven Barnes, and Nalo Hopkinson. Others are Mary Aldridge, D. Christine Benders (“Hollow Bones”), LeVar Burton, James Nelson Coleman (SEEKER FROM THE STARS and THE NULL-FREQUENCY IMPULSER), Tananarive Due (THE BETWEEN), Nancy Farmer (THE EYE, THE EAR, AND THE ARM; young adult), John M. Faucette (AGE OF RUIN, CROWN OF INFINITY), Eric James Fullilove (THE STRANGER, CIRCLE OF ONE), Jewelle Gomez (THE GILDA STORIES, vampire epic), Virginia Hamilton (“The Justice Cycle” trilogy and young adult fantasies), A. M. Lightner (DAY OF THE DRONES; mostly young adult novels), Jesse Miller, Frieda Murray, Nichelle Nichols (SATURN’S CHILD), Ishmael Reed, Jewell Parker Rhodes (VOODOO DREAMS, a novel about Marie Laveau), Charles R. Saunders (IMARO and THE QUEST FOR CUSH), and Nisi Shawl (short stories). Toni Morrison writes what is certainly fantasy, though she is not often thought of as an SF (“speculative fiction”) writer. Walter Mo
