Shelia P. Moses

Shelia P. Moses
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Shaw University
Genre	non-fiction
Notable awards	Coretta Scott King Award

Shelia P. Moses is an American writer whose subjects include comedian Dick Gregory and The Legend of Buddy Bush. In 2004, she was nominated for the National Book Award and named the Coretta Scott King Honoree for "The Legend of Buddy Bush" In 2009, her novel "Joseph" was nominated for the NAACP Image Award.

Life

Moses was born in the small, rural, northeastern North Carolina town of Rich Square. She grew up ninth in a family of ten children; she received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Shaw University.

Bibliography

• Callus on My Soul: a memoir, by Dick Gregory with Shelia P. Moses, 2000, ISBN 1-56352-554-2
• Sallie Gal and the Wall-a-kee man, 2007, ISBN 978-0-439-90890-0
• The Legend of Buddy Bush, 2004, ISBN 0-689-85839-6; The Legend of Buddy Bush. Simon and Schuster. 12 November 2013. ISBN 978-1-4391-3182-4. (Coretta Scott King Award honor book)
• Joseph. Simon and Schuster. 23 March 2010. ISBN 978-1-4169-9442-8.
• I, Dred Scott, 2005, ISBN 0-689-85975-9
• The Baptism, 2007, ISBN 1-4169-0671-1
• The Return of Buddy Bush. Simon and Schuster. 11 May 2010. ISBN 978-1-4391-1637-1.
• Joseph's Grace. Simon and Schuster. 4 January 2011. ISBN 978-1-4424-0618-6.
• The Sittin' Up. Penguin Young Readers Group. 9 January 2014. ISBN 978-0-698-14958-8.

External links

External videos
Shelia P. Moses: 2011 National Book Festival, Library Of Congress

• Brief bio at Library of Congress 2007 National Book Festival