| Stacy Hawkins Adams |
| Rochelle Alers |
| Tina McElroy Ansa |
| Nicole Bailey-Williams |
| Michael Baisden |
| James Baldwin |
| Toni Cade Bambara |
| L.A. Banks |
| Paul Beatty |
| Bertice Berry |
| ReShonda Tate Billingsley |
| Eleanor Taylor Bland (Mystery shelves) |
| Michele Andrea Bowen |
| Connie Briscoe |
| Gwendolyn Brooks |
| Claudia Mair Burney |
| Octavia Butler (Science Fiction shelves) |
| Charlotte Carter (Mystery shelves) |
| Pearl Cleage |
| J. California Cooper |
| Francine Craft |
| Christopher Darden (Mystery shelves) |
| Virginia DeBerry |
| Eric Jerome Dickey |
| Tananarive Due |
| Grace F. Edwards (Mystery shelves) |
| Ralph Ellison |
| Gwynne Forster |
| Sharon Ewell Foster |
| Nelson George |
| Pat G'Orge-Walker |
| Carmen Green |
| Marilynn Griffiths |
| Barbara Hambly (Mystery shelves) |
| Gary Hardwick (Mystery shelves) |
| E. Lynn Harris |
| Hunter Hayes |
| David Haynes |
| Donna O. Hill |
| Chester Himes |
| Hugh Holton (Mystery shelves) |
| bell hooks |
| Langston Hughes |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
| Brenda Jackson |
| Edwardo Jackson |
| Norma L. Jarrett |
| Kenji Jasper |
| Guy Johnson |
| Margaret Johnson-Hodge |
| Gayl Jones |
| Tayari Jones |
| Sandra Kitt |
| Jake Lamar |
| Slim Lambright |
| Benilde Little |
| Marcus Major |
| Paule Marshall |
| J.D. Mason |
| Bernice L. McFadden |
| Diane McKinney-Whetstone |
| Rosalyn McMillan |
| Terry McMillan |
| Penny Mickelbury (Mystery shelves) |
| C.M. Miller (Mystery shelves) |
| Mary Monroe |
| Mary B. Morrison |
| Toni Morrison |
| Walter Mosley (Mystery shelves) |
| Victoria Christopher Murray |
| Gloria Naylor |
| Barbara Neely (Mystery shelves) |
| Kris Nelscott (Mystery shelves) |
| Kayla Perrin |
| Gary Phillips (Mystery shelves) |
| Karen E. Quinones Miller |
| Francis Ray |
| John Ridley |
| C. Kelly Robinson |
| Kimberla Lawson Roby |
| Lucinda Roy |
| Andrea Smith |
| Julie Smith (Mystery shelves) |
| Sister Souljah |
| Martha Southgate |
| Jacquelin Thomas |
| Omar Tyree |
| Alice Walker |
| Frank X. Walker |
| Valerie Wilson Wesley (Mystery shelves) |
| Van Whitfield |
| John Edgar Wideman |
| John Alfred Williams |
| Sheila Williams |
| Angela Winters |
| Paula L. Woods (Mystery shelves) |
| Richard Wright |
| Courtni Wright |
| Shay Youngblood |
| Zane |
