Penny Mickelbury
Author of Darkness Descending, Night Songs, Love Notes and Keeping Secrets

 Mickelbury is a former newspaper, radio and television reporter, based primarily in Washington, D.C. Mickelbury, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, lives in Los Angeles. The novelist and former journalist also is an accomplished playwright. She is one of the playwrights whose work was chosen by the California African-American Museum to be presented as part of its Radio Theatre program.

Honors continue as the Givens Collection of African American Literature at the University of Minnesota has requested Ms. Mickelbury’s personal papers for collection and preservation. The Carole Ann Gibson series received the Prix du Roman d'Adventures Award given by French publishers. "Night Songs" was a 1995 Lambda Literary Award nominee.

Keeping Secrets and Night Songs will be re-released by Kings Crossing Publishing in 2003 and 2004 respectively.

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