• Alice Walker is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple. She is also a human rights activist, especially in the Anti-War and Anti-FGM movements.

• 1. Born: February 9th, 1944
  2. Origin: Eatonton, Georgia
  3. Has one daughter, Rebecca Walker
  4. Practicing vegetarian
  5. First African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize
  6. Found Zora Neale Hurston's grave site and placed marker on it

• Notable Works

  • 1970: The Third Life of Grange Copeland
  • 1973: Everyday Use
  • 1973: In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women
  • 1973: Roselily
  • 1976: Meridian (novel)
  • 1982: The Color Purple
  • 1982: You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories
  • 1983: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self
  • 1986: Am I Blue?
  • 1988: To Hell With Dying
  • 1989: The Temple of My Familiar
  • 1991: Finding the Green Stone
  • 1992: Possessing the Secret of Joy
  • 1994: The Complete Stories
  • 1998: By The Light of My Father's Smile
  • 2000: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
  • 2005: Now Is The Time to Open Your Heart

• Quotes

  • "Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week." - Alice Walker

  • "Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence." - Alice Walker

  • "It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all." - Alice Walker

  • "I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence." - Alice Walker

  • "...For me, Black women are the most fascinating creations in the world." - Alice Walker

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