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American writer (born 1950)

Marita Golden (born April 28, 1950)^[1] is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, professor,^[2] and co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a national organization that serves as a resource center for African-American writers.^[3]

Background and career

Marita Golden was born in Washington, D.C., in 1950 and attended the city's public schools.

She received a B.A. degree in American Studies and English from American University and a M.SC. in Journalism from Columbia University. After graduating from Columbia, she worked in publishing and began a career as a freelance writer, writing feature articles for many magazines and newspapers including Essence Magazine, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Golden's first book, Migrations of the Heart (1983), was a memoir based on her experiences coming of age during the 1960s and her political activism as well as her marriage to a Nigerian a