Colson Whitehead
American novelist who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice, for The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. His work reimagines African American history through speculative and realist lenses. He is one of the most honored American writers of his generation.
Works
- The Underground RailroadEnslaved woman escapes via train metaphorically reimagined as actual underground railroad network
- The Nickel BoysTrue story of abuse at a reformatory school revealing systemic cruelty and injustice
- Zone OneZombie apocalypse in Manhattan told through fragments, archives, and official investigation documents
- The IntuitionistWoman elevator inspector unravels mystery of discriminatory building surveillance systems in utopia
- Harlem ShuffleHarlem con man moves stolen goods through time, revealing layers of American history