Tayari Jones’ books have won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and been selected as a National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read.
Among her four books, “Silver Sparrow,” her 2011 novel, was No. 1 pick on the American Booksellers Association’s “Indie Next” list.
Oprah Winfrey chose her 2018 release, “An American Marriage,” for her book club, and it was also the winner of the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Even former President Barack Obama had “An American Marriage” on his 2018 summer reading list.
Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP / Author Tayari Jones will be the featured guest at Southern Lit Alliance’s Keynote dinner on April 3. She is shown at the 2018 Ebony Power 100 Gala in Beverly Hills, California.Now the award-winning author is coming to Chattanooga, where she will be the featured speaker at the Keynote dinner, a fundraiser for Southern Lit Alliance.