To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.
“My first novel, 'Leaving Atlanta,' took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead.”
“I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.”