Your Favorite Women Writers
We asked. You answered. Here are some of Oprah.com readers' favorite contemporary women writers!
By Melissa Hellstern
Maya Angelou
Perhaps the first time you heard of Maya Angelou was in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but it was surely not the last. It became the first in a series of six books, chronicling her life. Tackling big themes such as identity, family and racism, she has earned a National Book Award, more than 30 honorary degrees and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. And she's not done yet.
- Excerpt from Letters to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
- More on the book Letters to My Daughter
- More on the book The Heart of a Woman
- More on the book Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration
Published 02/26/2010