Ravi Howard is an American novelist.[1] His first novel Like Trees, Walking was published in 2007 and inspired by the lynching of Michael Donald.[2] His second novel, Driving the King, was published in 2014 and is about the friendship between Nat King Cole and his friend Nat Weary.[3] For his work in the former novel, Howard won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.[4]

He has also won a Sports Emmy Award for writing for the show Inside the NFL.[5] As of 2020, Howard works as a professor in the English Department at Florida State University.[5]  

References

  1. ^ Jones, Tayari (January 27, 2015). "Ravi Howard on singer Nat King Cole: "The Jackie Robinson of television"". Salon.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  2. ^ "Novelist Ravi Howard on 'Like Trees, Walking'". NPR. March 7, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (December 28, 2014). "On the Civil Rights Map, a Crooner and His Driver". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Gautier, Amina (February 7, 2016). "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Ravi Howard". The Rumpus. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Sieradzki, Amanda (September 19, 2020). "Author and teacher Ravi Howard chimes in with Poets for Change". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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