On Feb. 12, Boyd, the author of the critically acclaimed biography, “Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston,” died after a five-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Jason Thrasher Valerie Boyd (pictured) died on February 12 at the age of 58 after a lengthy struggle with cancer, according to Publisher’s Weekly. Boyd was the author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (2003, Scribner). She was also the editor of the upcoming Gathering Blossoms Under […]
Valerie Boyd, the author of a well regarded biography of Zora Neale Hurston and editor of an upcoming collection of Alice Walker’s journals, has died at age 58