Due, Patricia Stephens

Tananarive Due is a former features writer for the "Miami Herald. She has written many highly acclaimed novels, including "The Black Rose and "My Soul to Keep. She received a 2002 American Book Award for her novel "The Living Blood. Ms. Due makes her home in Longview, Washington, with her husband, novelist Steven Barnes.
Patricia Stephens Due was a civil rights activist with CORE while attending Florida A&M University. In 1960, based on her nonviolent stand during a landmark "jail-in," she received the prestigious Gandhi Award. She is married to a civil rights lawyer, has three daughters,