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Biography.

ZELDA LOCKHART is author of the novel Fifth Born, which was a 2002 Barnes & Noble Discovery selection and won a finalist award for debut fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Foundation. Ms. Lockhart holds a Bachelor's Degree from Norfolk State University, a Master's in English from Old Dominion University, and a certificate in writing, directing and editing film from the New York Film Academy. Her other works of fiction, poetry and essays can be found in anthologies, journals and magazines.  Lockhart is also the author of The Evolution, a serial novella, currently appearing in the archives of USAToday.com's Open Book series. Her most recent novel, Cold Running Creek, publication January 2007, is a work of historical fiction that has already garnered the attention of noteworthy literary organizations, such as the Historical Novel Society, and has won a 2008 Honor Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

This year, Cold Running Creek was chosen as the "Text in Community" read for all incoming students and North Carolina A&T State University. Universities throughout the United States and abroad have recognized Ms. Lockhart's talents as a writer and speaker. She is currently working on her third novel, lecturing, and facilitating a variety of workshops that empower adults and children to self-define through writing. She lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Zelda's Publications

  • "WITHOUT A WORD," WHEN I WAS A LOSER: an anthology. Free Press, Simon & Schuster, March 2007.
  • "TRACKING LOVE," THE HONEYMOON'S OVER: an anthology. Warner Books, December 2006.
  • COLD RUNNING CREEK, LaVenson Press, publication, November 2006.
  • THE EVOLUTION, USAToday.com Open Book Series, March-April 2003.
  • FIFTH BORN, Simon & Schuster, publication Aug. 2002
  • HIS HANDS, HIS TOOLS, HIS SEX, HIS DRESS, (anthology) Alice Street/Haworth, Binghamton, NY story "Mulberry Tree", pub. Sp. 2001.
  • SOJOURNER, May 1997, Aug. 1997, Apr. 1998, June 1998, Dec. 1997, March 2002.
  • WORD WRIGHT MAGAZINE, Sp/Sum 1997 & Sum 1996.
  • PRESENT TENSE, Anthology of Women’s Writing 1997, CALYX, Vol. 16, No. 3 1997.
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