Carolivia herron biography of abraham
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Carolivia herron biography of abraham
Carolivia Herron
American writer
Carolivia Herron (born Carol Olivia Herron;[1] July 22, 1947[2]) is an American writer of children's and adult literature, and a scholar of African-American Judaica.
Personal life
She was born to Oscar Smith Herron and Georgia Carol (Johnson) Herron, in Washington, D.C.
Herron converted to Judaism in adulthood, and she has paternal-line Jewish descent from her grandmother via Jewish Geechees.[1]
She is a founding member of "Jews of African Descent".
Education
She has a BA in English from Eastern Baptist College in Pennsylvania (now Eastern University).[2] She earned an M.A. in English from Villanova University in 1973, and an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in comparative literature and literary theory from the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
Herron spent a postdoctoral research year at Brandeis University investigating the subject of African-American Jews.
Writing
Her debut