ZELDA LOCKHARTis 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.  January 2007 Lockhart’s second novel, Cold Running Creek was published. It is a work of historical fiction that garnered the attention of noteworthy literary organizations, such as the Historical Novel Society, and won a 2008 Honor Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. For the 2008/2009 academic year, Cold Running Creek was chosen as the “Text in Community” read for all incoming students at North Carolina A&T State University.

Ms. Lockhart held the honor of the 2010 Piedmont Laureate for Literature in her region of North Carolina, and June 2010 witnessed the release of Ms. Lockhart’s third novel, Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle. An excerpt appears in the 2010 issue of Chautauqua Literary Journal and will appear in the 2011 issue of Obsidian II.  Her other works of fiction, poetry and essays can be found in anthologies, journals and magazines. Throughout the United States and abroad universities, community centers and libraries have recognized Ms. Lockhart’s talents as a writer and speaker. She lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina and continues to lecture and facilitate a variety of workshops that empower adults and children to self-define through writing.

Visit the following links to listen to recent interview
with Ms. Lockhart on NPR, at Duke University
and on The Richard Brown Show.

“The State of Things” NPR/WUNC Radio: (Jan. 14, 2010 & Aug. 24, 2010) http://wunc.org/tsot/archive 

“Left of Black” Duke University Web Cast: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9549955

“The Richard Brown Show”: http://www.richardbrownshow.com/show245.mp3

Zelda Lockhart has been selected as the region's 2010 Piedmont Laureate!

Zelda's Publications & Productions

• NC Literary Review, Poem, “Call”, Spring 2011
  
  
• Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora, Excerpt from the novel; Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle. Spring 2011
  
  
• LaVenson Press, Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle: a novel. 2011
  
  
• Chautauqua Literary Journal, a Publication of UNC Wilmington, Excerpt from the novel; Fifth Born II:
  The Hundredth Turtle. Spring 2010
  
  
• Obsidian:Literature in the African Diaspora, Interview on the novel Cold Running Creek and Poems, “Call” & “Sight”; 2008/2009 issue.
  
  
• Simon & Schuster/Free Press, When I Was a Loser: True Stories of (Barely) Surviving High School: an anthology, “Without a Word” an essay. March 2007
  
  
• Warner Books, The Honeymoon’s Over: an anthology, “Tracking Love” an essay. Feb 2007
  
  
• LaVenson Press, Cold Running Creek: a novel. 2007
  
  
• USAToday.com, Chicago, IL, The Evolution: a serial novella. Feb-March 2003
  
  
• Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, Fifth Born: a novel.
  August 2002
  
  
• New York Film Academy, New York, NY, Four Film Shorts, “The Real One,” “The Birthday Wish,” “Next Time,” “Passion Fruit,” Written, Directed, Edited by Zelda Lockhart. July 2002
  
  
• Alice Street/Haworth, Binghamton, NY, His Hands, His Tools, His Sex, His Dress: an anthology, “Mulberry Tree” a short story. Spring 2001
  
  
• Sojourner, Jamaica Plains, MA

  interview, “A Woman’s Proactive Response to Tragedy in Her Community: An Interview with Isaura Mendes”. April 2002
  
  essay, “From the Brown Side of This Equation”. Dec. 1998
  
  book review, Does Your Mama Know? by Cheryl Clark. June 1998
  
  book review, An Altar of Words by Byllye Avery. April 1998
  
  poem, “When You Go You Take One With You”. August 1998
  
  interview, “Poet Sonia Sanchez on Aids, Death, and Family”. August 1997
  
  poem, “Beans”. May 1997
  

• Word Wright Magazine, Washington, DC: Poem, “Bread Alone”. Spring/Summer 1997,

Poem, “The Light Behind Concrete Eyes”. Summer 1996,  Poem, “Fifth Born of Eight”. Summer 1996

• Present Tense, An Anthology of Women’s Writing, Portland, OR
  

  story, “Mulberry Tree”, 1998
  

• CALYX, Vol. 16, No.3., Portland, OR

  story, “Mulberry Tree”, 1997

• Sinister Wisdom, A Journal of Women’s Literature,
  Berkeley, CA

poem, “The Same Jesus”, 1995

Literary Awards for Cold Running Creek:

* 2008 Black Caucus of The American Library Association Honor Fiction Award

Literary Awards for Fifth Born:

* Barnes & Noble Discovery Selection
* Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Foundation,
Finalist Award for Debut Fiction

Professional Affiliations:

North Carolina Writers’ Network Board Member
Association of Writers & Writing Program, AWP Member