Kim McLarin explained

Birth Place:	United States
Education:	Duke University (BA)
Occupation:	Writer
Language:	English
Years Active:	1998-now
Genre:	non-fiction, contemporary, short stories
Children:	2
Notableworks:	Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, Jump at the Sun
Awards:	2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Massachusetts Center for the Book, 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association

Kim McLarin (born 1964) is an American novelist, best known for Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz, and Jump at the Sun.^[1] Her works include contemporary novels, short stories and non-fiction.

Career

McLarin has a bachelor's degree from Duke University.^[2]

She is a former staff writer for The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Greensboro News & Record and Associated Press. She is an associate professor at Emerson College in Boston.^[3]

McLarin is a regular panelist on Basic Black, Boston's longest-running weekly television program devoted exclusively to African-American themes, shown on WGBH.^[4]

McLarin has two children and lives in Boston.^[5]

Bibliography

Contemporary

• Meeting of the Waters (Harper Perennial, 2001)
• Jump at the Sun (William Morrow, 2006)

Short stories

• in Black Silk (A Collection Of African American Erotica) (2002)

Non-fiction

• Taming It Down (Warner Books, 1998)
• Growing up X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz (Thorndike Press, 2002)
• This Child Will Be Great, co-authored with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Harper/HarperCollins, 2009)^[6]
• Divorce Dog: Men, Motherhood, and Midlife (C&r Press, 2012)
• Womanish: A Grown Black Woman Speaks on Love and Life (Ig Publishing, 2019)
• James Baldwin's Another Country (Ig Publishing, 2021)^[7]

Awards

Won

• 2007 Fiction Honor Book, of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (for Jump at the Sun)^[8]

Nominated

• 2007 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction (for Jump at the Sun)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malcolm X's Daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, Writes Book, 'Growing Up X'. June 3, 2002. Jet. 12. Johnson Publishing Company. January 16, 2011.
   - Web site: Book of the Week: 'Growing Up X'. Saad. Shirley. February 4, 2003. UPI. January 16, 2011.
2. Web site: Kimberly Mclarin Faculty. Emerson College. 2019-04-12.
3. http://www.emerson.edu/academics/departments/writing-literature-publishing/faculty?facultyID=102&filter=F "Kimberly McLarin"
4. http://www.wgbh.org/article/?item_id=3637988 Basic Black
5. Web site: An Interview with Kim McLarin. Literary Mama. April 12, 2019.
6. Book: THIS CHILD WILL BE GREAT Kirkus Reviews. en.
7. Book: JAMES BALDWIN'S ANOTHER COUNTRY Kirkus Reviews. en.
8. Web site: BCALA announces 2007 Literary Awards. American Library Association. March 1, 2007. April 12, 2019.
9. Web site: 2007 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Winners. FictionDB. April 12, 2019.