NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author (NAACP Image Award)

NAACP Image Award

The NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author is an award category for the annual NAACP Image awards.

Check all the winners of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author presented under NAACP Image Award since 2007 .

Sheri Booker

Honored for : Nine Years Under

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sheri Booker	Nine Years Under
Taiye Selasi	Ghana Must Go
Alicia Walton	Better Than Good Hair \u2013 The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!
Ernessa T. Carter	Better Than Good Hair \u2013 The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy Gorgeous Natural Hair!
Jason Mott	The Returned
Hannah Weyer	On The Come Up

Darryl L. Lacy

Honored for : Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Darryl L. Lacy	Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words
Yvvette Edwards	A Cupboard Full of Coats
R. Kayeen Thomas	Antebellum
Mayi Ngwala	Congo: Spirit of Darkness
Sonia Jackson Myles	The Sister Accord: 51 Ways To Love Your Sister

Lyah Le Flore

Honored for : The Strawberry Letter

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Denise Hall Brown	2Grieve 2Gether: A Journal from the Heart Helping Survivors & Supporters Navigate the Healing Process
Patricia Duncan	A Defining Moment
Shella Gillus	The Loom
Lyah Le Flore	The Strawberry Letter
Justin Torres	We the Animals

Isabel Wilkerson

Honored for : The Warmth of Other Suns

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Isabel Wilkerson	The Warmth of Other Suns
Dolen Perkins-Valdez	Wench: A Novel (P.S.)
Heidi W. Durrow	The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Maaza Mengiste	Beneath the Lion\u2019s Gaze
Peter Akinti	Forest Gate

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Honored for : A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Reginald Dwayne Betts	A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
BeNeca Ward	3rd Generation Country: A Practical Guide to Raising Children with Great Values
Attica Locke	Black Water Rising
Farai Chideya	Kiss the Sky: A Novel
Amanda Smyth	Lime Tree Can\u2019t Bear Orange: A Novel

David Glenn Brown

Honored for : Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Glenn Brown	Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion

Victoria Rowell

Honored for : The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir

(Harper Collins)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Victoria Rowell	The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir Harper Collins
Dinaw Mengestu	The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Penguin/Riverhead
Robin Givens	Grace Will Lead Me Home Hyperion
Ravi Howard	Like Trees, Walking Harper Collins/ Amistad
Ishmael Beah	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Hill Harper

Honored for : Letters to a Young Brother

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hill Harper	Letters to a Young Brother
Lisa Jones Johnson	A Dead Man Speaks
Charlene A. Porter	Bold Faced Lies
Dwight Fryer	The Legend of Quito Road
Bil Carpenter	Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author