Awards
- 2008 Maryland Author Award from the Association of Maryland Librarians
- 2007 Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (for her novel After)
- 2002 Distinguished Service Award from the Authors Guild
- 2001 Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award presented by Poets and Writers
- Inducted into the International Literary Hall of Fame of Writers of African Descent at the Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University
- Honorary Doctorate from the University of Richmond
- Woman of the Year Award from Zeta Phi Beta
- Distinguished Alumni Award from American University
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