“I
have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to
continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about
something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the
journey.” – Bebe Moore Campbell
Born in Philadelphia on this date in 1950, Campbell was an author, journalist and teacher who penned 3 New York Times bestsellers – Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me – before her death from cancer in 2006. What You Owe Me was also a Los Angeles Times “Best Book of 2001.”
Interested in writing
from her high school days, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and
taught elementary school before taking a chance on her writing skills, working
as both a journalist and creative writer.
Among her other acclaimed writings was the novel Your Blues Ain't
Like Mine, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the winner
of the NAACP Image Award for Literature. 
Her many essays, articles, and excerpts
appear in many anthologies.
Her many essays, articles, and excerpts
appear in many anthologies.
Campbell always said that writing
should be a joy and she advised new writers to look at any opportunity to do
so. “I would get up at 3 in the morning and
write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child
napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the
time that I really didn't mind.”
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