Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies: Bay Area author Joyce Carol Thomas has died at age 78. Her books often focused on the struggles of African-American youth, including Marked By Fire, which won the National Book Award in 1983. Thomas received the Coretta Scott King Honor for Brown Honey and Broomwheat Tea (1995), I Have Heard of a Land (2000), and The Blacker the Berry (2008). www.sfgate.com/books/article/Joyce-Carol-Thomas-award-winning-children-s-9176575.php .
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