![]() ![]() His 2013 novel, “ The Good Lord Bird”, served as the basis for the 2020 Showtime miniseries of the same name and his most recent novel, “ Deacon King Kong”, was the Oprah Book Club pick of June 2020. ![]() In 2015, James was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 2016, James was awarded that National Humanities Award by President Barack Obama. ![]() His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Essence, and National Geographic. ![]() James is a former staff writer for The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal, the Boston Globe, People Magazine, and the Washington Post (Style Section). Anna, Red Hook Summer) and television pioneer David Simon ( Parting The Waters). He has written screenplays and teleplays for film icon Spike Lee ( Miracle At St. His novel “ Song Yet Sung,” was the “One Book, One Maryland,” choice of 2010. Anna” became a 2008 Touchstone Disney film. His novel The Good Lord Bird, won the 2013 National Book Award for fiction and has been turned into a miniseries that premiered on Showtime in October 2020. His memoir, “The Color of Water” (Riverhead), is an American literary classic. James McBride is an author, musician and screenwriter. ![]()
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