Bebe Moore Campbell
Bebe Moore Campbell  | |
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Bebe Moore Campbell  | |
| Born | Elizabeth Bebe Moore February 18, 1950  | 
| Died | November 27, 2006 (aged 56) Los Angeles, California, U.S.  | 
| Resting place | Inglewood Park Cemetery (Inglewood, California) | 
| Education | University of Pittsburgh (BS) | 
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| Years active | 1972–2006 | 
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| Children | 2, including Maia Campbell | 
Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist, and teacher. Campbell was the author of three New York Times bestsellers: Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me, which was also a Los Angeles Times "Best Book of 2001". Her other works include the novel Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Literature; her memoir, Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men: Backlash in the Two-Career Marriage. Her essays, articles, and excerpts appear in many anthologies.