Marita Golden is an award-winning author of more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent book is the memoir How To Become A Black Writer Creating and Honoring Black Stories That Matter.

Her books include the novels The Wide Circumference of Love, and After and the memoirs Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons and Don’t Play in the Sun One Woman’s Journey Through the Color Complex.

Her most recent work of nonfiction is The New Black Woman Loves Herself Has Boundaries Heals Every Day a sequel to her book The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women.

Marita Golden is a popular speaker who has presented keynote addresses, presentations and lectures in diverse venues from HBCU’s colleges and universities to corporations and nonprofits. She has been a consultant with John Hopkins Medical, and presented talks at Yale, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on mental health, radical self-care and writing as a tool for healing.

She is the recipient of many awards including the Writers for Writers Award presented by Barnes & Noble and Poets and Writers, an award from the Authors Guild, and the Fiction Award for her novel After awarded by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She has lectured and read from her work internationally. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, been featured as a question on Jeopardy, and is a two-time NAACP Image Award nominee. She has been frequently interviewed on NPR.

Co-founder and President Emerita of the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation, Marita is a veteran teacher of writing. She taught at the University of Lagos, in Nigeria and has served as a member of the faculties of the MFA Graduate Creative Writing Programs at George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University and in the MA Creative Writing Program at John Hopkins University. She has served as Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of the District of Columbia.

As a literary consultant, she offers writing workshops, coaching, and manuscript evaluation services. Learn more about her at https://maritagolden.com/.