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Delores Phillips
Picture of Delores Phillips at Soho Press
Born	September 26, 1950
Died	June 7, 2014
Occupation	Poet novelist short story writer
Notable works	The Darkest Child (2005) Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work (2023, posth.)

Delores Phillips (26 September 1950 – 7 June 2014) was an American author who is known for her acclaimed debut novel, The Darkest Child (Soho Press, 2005).

Bio

Born in Georgia, Phillips explores the racial dynamics of the 1950s rural South in her book. She graduated from Cleveland State University and worked as a nurse in a facility for abused women and children in Cleveland. Her poetry has appeared in Jean’s Journal, Black Times, and The Crisis. She died at the age of 63.

Publications

• The Darkest Child. Soho Press, 2005. ISBN 9781569473788
  • The Darkest Child. Soho Press, 2018. ISBN 9781616958725 (New Edition with introduction by Tayari Jones.)
• Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work (2023, posth.)

References

1. Phillips, Delores (2004). Fiction Book Review: THE DARKEST CHILD by Delores Phillips, Author . Soho $26 (388p). PublishersWeekly.com. ISBN 978-1-56947-345-0. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
2. "THE DARKEST CHILD by Delores Phillips | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
3. "Soho Press - the Darkest Child by Delores Phillips". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
4. "Delores Phillips Obituary - Corrigan Craciun Funeral Home | Cleveland OH". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

External links

• SOHO Press Homepage
• Clutch Magazine

• 21st-century American women writers
• Cleveland State University alumni
• Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
• 2014 deaths
• 1950 births
• 20th-century African-American writers
• 21st-century African-American writers
• African-American novelists
• American women novelists
• American nurses
• American women nurses
• 20th-century African-American women
• 21st-century African-American women writers
• African-American nurses