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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1991
  • Latest Book:
    September 2022
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Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Readers will be enlightened by this chronicle of common experiences from the author of ""Mad At Miles"" and ""Deals With The Devil.""
    In ""The Brass Bed,"" a collection of autobiographical short stories, Cleage engages the reader in refreshing pro...



  • This New York Timesâ€"bestselling novel is “lively, topical, and fantasy filled. Watch out, Terry McMillian. Cleage is on your tail” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).After a decade of elegant pleasures and luxe living with the Atlanta brothers an...



  • Since Joyce Mitchell was widowed five years ago, she's kept herself occupied by running the Sewing Circus, an all-girl group she founded to provide badly needed services to young women at risk, many of whom are single mothers. But some nights, home a...



  • Depending on the time of day, Regina Burns is a woman on the edge of either a nervous breakdown or an overdue breakthrough. One shattered heart and six months of rehab have left her wary and shell-shocked. To rescue the family home that she borrowed ...



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    When Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. A charismatic R&B singer who gave up his career to assume responsibility for the safety of Atlanta’s West End community, Blue had created an African American urban oasis ...



  • Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn’t have: a father for her childâ€" and she’s sp...



  • The toast of Europe, Josephine Evans had spent thirty years abroad establishing her reputation as one of the finest actresses of her generation. In Amsterdam, she redefined who and what an African American diva could be, and her legions of loyal fans...



  • From the acclaimed Pearl Cleage, author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . . and Seen It All and Done the Rest, comes an Obama-era romance featuring a cast of unforgettable characters. Just when it appears that all her hard work on Ba...



  • Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage. Atlanta's West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters -- artists and thinkers, dreamers a...






Award-Winning Books by Pearl Cleage

I Wish I Had a Red Dress
2002 Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Pearl Cleage has published 10 books.

Pearl Cleage does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Flyin' West and Other Plays, was published in September 2022.

The first book by Pearl Cleage, Brass Bed and Other Stories, was published in March 1991.

No. Pearl Cleage does not write books in series.