


Her play, Voodoo Dreams was cited as "Most Innovative" Drama in the 2000-2001 Professional Theater Season by the Arizona Republic. She has also authored two writing guides: Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction. A sixth novel, Hurricane, will be published Aoril 2011. Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author Ninth Ward, a children's book, as well as five adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Voodoo Season, and Yellow Moon and a memoir, Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness.
