Gloria Naylor has died. She was 66 years old.
CNN reports that as a writer, Naylor became well-known for her 1982 debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place. In 1983, she won a National Book Award in the “first fiction” category.
Here’s more from The Washington Post: “The Women of Brewster Place is Naylor’s self-described ‘love letter’ to a determined community of seven African American women in a decaying housing project, the exact location unspecified. It was published in 1982 and praised by the New York Times as ’emotionally satisfying and technically accomplished,’ with Brewster Place itself the narrative’s star.” (via The Huffington Post)