James McBride is an author, musician and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, "The Color of Water," rested on the New York Times bestseller list for two years. His debut novel, "Miracle at St. Anna," was translated into a major motion picture directed by American film icon Spike Lee and released in September 2008. His latest novel "The Good Lord Bird," about American revolutionary John Brown, is the winner of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction.








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