Ansa, Tina McElroy

LC control no.	n 88297254
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3551.N64
Personal name heading	Ansa, Tina McElroy *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	Q7807930 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7807930
Biography/History note	Tina McElroy Ansa is an African American novelist and journalist.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19491118
Place of birth	Macon (Ga.)
Affiliation	Spelman College Emory University Brunswick College (Georgia : 1988-1996)
Profession or occupation	Novelists
Found in	Baby of the family, c1989: CIP t.p. (Tina McElroy Ansa) African American National Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ansa, Tina McElroy; fiction writer; born 18 November 1949 in Macon, Georgia, United States; BA in English from Spelman College, Atlanta; the first African American woman hired to work for the Atlanta Constitution (later the Atlanta Journal- Constitution) (1971); accepted a position as an editor for the Charlotte Observer, North Carolina; attended a writing workshop in Macon with John Oliver Killens; her debut novel, Baby of the Family (1989) was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and won Georgia Authors Series Award (1989); taught creative writing courses and continued to teach and supervise writing workshops at Emory University and Brunswick College (1990); her feature articles, reviews, and editorials appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Los Angeles Times, and other newspapers) Ansa, Tina McElroy. "Our first and fiercest love," Essence 43, no. 1, May 2012 (online): page 102 (So here we are, Black women in a new century--still loving, protecting and guiding our children.) <https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=2a58663d-05f5-423c-86ee-19d84e16db73%40sessionmgr4010&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=74079231&db=f5h>
Associated language	eng