Toni Morrison Born-February 18, 1931 Lorrain, Ohio. Parents-Chloe Anthony Wofford graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a bachelor’s degree in English , master’s degree from Cornell University two years later. Married Harold Morrison, an architect- had two sons-divorced in 1965. An editor for Random House-

Literary Career First Novel-The Bluest Eye in 1970 Sula, was published in 1973 and received a nomination for the National Book Award. third novel, Song of Solomon, that catapulted her to national prominence. Most famous novel Beloved (1987)- won the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first African-American woman