Jewell Parker Rhodes (b.1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American novelist. Rhodes is professor of Creative Writing and American Literature and former Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama Criticism, a Master of Arts in English, and a Doctor of Arts in English (Creative Writing) from Carnegie Mellon University.
Works
- Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau, a novel (New York: St. Martin's, 1993)
- Magic City, a novel (New York: HarperCollins, 1997)
- Free within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors, nonfiction (New York: Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1999)
- The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction, nonfiction (New York: Broadway Books , 2001)
- Douglass' Women, a novel (New York: Atria Books, 2002)
- Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery, a novel (New York: Atria Books, 2005)
- Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness, nonfiction (New York: Atria Books, 2006)
