James McBride

LynnDianne Beene (University of New Mexico)

Ed. by Cristina Sandru, The Literary Encyclopedia, Patrick Chura, University of Akron
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 11 Sep 1957
Activity 1995-ongoing

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

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Novelist

Other

Musician

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Biographer, screenwriter, memoirist, journalist, award-winning novelist, and jazz musician James Charles McBride has amassed extensive musical credits and writing awards. He co-founded the National Book Foundation’s

We Need Diverse Books

campaign, which aims to increase the representation of marginalized voices in children’s literature. He has also served on the board of directors of the PEN American Center and the Authors Guild. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.

Time

magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2024 for his excellence in storytelling. He has taught at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and has served as writer-in-residence…

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Citation: Beene, LynnDianne. "James McBride". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 March 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15313, accessed 01 April 2025.]