1. 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-

2. 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