She contributed to the humor novel Naked Came the Manatee, a mystery/thriller parody to which various Miami-area authors each contributed chapters. Walker (based in part on research conducted by Alex Haley before his death) and Freedom in the Family, a non-fiction work about the civil rights struggle. Due also wrote The Black Rose, a historical novel about Madam C. This, like many of her subsequent books, was part of the supernatural

Career ĭue was working as a journalist and columnist for the Miami Herald when she wrote her first novel, The Between, in 1995. At Northwestern, she lived in the Communications Residential College. in English literature, with an emphasis on Nigerian literature, from the University of Leeds. in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and an M.A. Her mother named her after the French name for Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Early life and education ĭue was born in Tallahassee, Florida, the oldest of three daughters of civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due and civil rights lawyer John D. 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. She is also known as a film historian with expertise in Black horror. Due won the American Book Award for her novel The Living Blood.

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