Bebe Moore Campbell
Author Bebe Moore Campbell, whose books dealt with race and mental health issues, died of complications from brain cancer at the age of 56 (November 27, 2006).
Bebe Moore Campbell was the author of three New York Times best sellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001. Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for literature. Her most recent novel was 72-Hour Hold, the story of mother willing to do anything to help her mentally ill child. She was diagnosed earlier this year with a neurological condition.
AAKultureZone.com expresses our deepest sympathy to the family of Bebe Moore Campbell. She will be missed in the literary community!
