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You will be able to find information here about my books, my plays,
upcoming publications, appearances and productions.
You will also be able to find tour and booking information.

books
We Speak Your Names

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plays
Click here for information about my plays, including Flyin' West and A Song For Coretta
 
appearances
I do a lot of speaking at colleges, universities, conferences and gatherings.
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Seen It All My new novel, Seen It All and Done the Rest, will be published by Ballantine/One World in March 2008. The book is set in southwest Atlanta and introduces some new characters, including Josephine Evans, an actress at home on the stages of the world, but confused at the changes in her hometown, and Greer Woodruff, who is running out of patience and time, not necessarily in that order, as she tries to finalize her last big deal. It also catches up with some old friends from West End, the neighborhood that was the setting for my last three novels, including Zora Evans, Abbie Allen Browning, Peachy Nolan and Aretha Hargrove. Read Synopsis
 

pearl's world
Click here to read my bio and see snapshots of my friends and family.
My husband, Zaron W. Burnett, Jr. is a writer too, and we often collaborate. He is the author of a novel, The Carthaginian Honor Society, the creator of the "Live at Club Zebra!" performance series and co-author with me of We Speak Your Names, the poem we did for Oprah's Legends Weekend.