Ann Petry

Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was an American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel ''The Street'' became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies.

In 2019, the Library of America published a volume of her work containing ''The Street'' as well as her 1953 masterpiece ''The Narrows'' and a few shorter pieces of nonfiction. Provided by Wikipedia