Kim McLarin

Kim McLarin
Born	1964 (age 60–61) United States
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Education	Duke University (BA)
Genre	non-fiction, contemporary, short stories
Years active	1998-now
Notable works	Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, Jump at the Sun
Notable awards	2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Massachusetts Center for the Book, 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Children	2
Website
www.kimmclarin.com

Kim McLarin (born 1964) is an American novelist, best known for Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz, and Jump at the Sun.[1] Her works include contemporary novels, short stories and non-fiction.

Career

McLarin has a bachelor's degree from Duke University.[2]

She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Greensboro News & Record and Associated Press. She is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston.[3]

McLarin is a regular panelist on Basic Black, Boston's longest-running weekly television program devoted exclusively to African-American themes, shown on WGBH.[4]

McLarin has two children and lives in Boston.[5]

Bibliography

Contemporary

• Meeting of the Waters (Harper Perennial, 2001)
• Jump at the Sun (William Morrow, 2006)

Short stories

• in Black Silk (A Collection Of African American Erotica) (2002)

Non-fiction

• Taming It Down (Warner Books, 1998)
• Growing up X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz (Thorndike Press, 2002)
• This Child Will Be Great, co-authored with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Harper/HarperCollins, 2009)[6]
• Divorce Dog: Men, Motherhood, and Midlife (C&r Press, 2012)
• Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life (Ig Publishing, 2019)
• James Baldwin's Another Country (Ig Publishing, 2021)[7]

Awards

Won

• 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (for Jump at the Sun)[8]

Nominated

• 2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction (for Jump at the Sun)[9]

References

1. "Malcolm X's Daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, Writes Book, 'Growing Up X'". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. June 3, 2002. p. 12. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
   - Saad, Shirley (February 4, 2003). "Book of the Week: 'Growing Up X'". UPI. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
2. "Kimberly Mclarin | Faculty". Emerson College. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
3. "Kimberly McLarin", Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty, Emerson College.
   - Kim McLarin, "Race Wasn’t an Issue to Him, Which Was an Issue to Me", New York Times, September 3, 2006.
   - Kim McLarin, Biog note, Washington Post, April 24, 2010.
4. Basic Black, WGBH.
5. "An Interview with Kim McLarin". Literary Mama. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
6. THIS CHILD WILL BE GREAT | Kirkus Reviews.
7. JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY | Kirkus Reviews.
8. "BCALA announces 2007 Literary Awards". American Library Association. March 1, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
9. "2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Winners". FictionDB. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

External links

• Official website