J. California Cooper

J. CALIFORNIA COOPER is the author of the novels Family and
In Search of Satisfaction, and of several short-story
collections: Homemade Love, the winner of the 1989 American
Book Award; A Piece of Mine; The Future Has a Past; Some
Love, Some Pain, Sometime; The Matter Is Life; and Some Soul
to Keep. She is also the author of seventeen plays and has
been honored as Black Playwright of the Year. She lives in
northern California.