Black History Month: New To Me Authors

I wanted to do my last Black History Month post about the books I have read by Black Authors.  This year I have completed one book by a Black Author and I currently reading two others.  All three of these books are by authors that are new to me.  Reviews coming soon!  Since it is just February this list is short so I included a list of books from Black Authors that were new to me from 2012.  (Listed by genre.)

Black History Month: Best of Black Books 
Black History Month: Best Inspirational Books
Black History Month Giveaway Hop 

 New to Me Authors this Year

Hairdresser of Harare, The by Tendai Huchu

Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones 
Sugar by Bernice McFadden

New to Me Authors Last Year 

(Click on the titles to see my reviews)

Contemporary

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

An Open Weave by Devorah Major  

Black Geisha by Rachel Blaze

 Darkest Child, The by Delores Phillips 

Kindred by Octavia Butler    

Biography

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur 

Historical

  Dido's Prize by Eugenia O'Neal 

Song Yet Sung by James McBride 

Wind Done Gone, The by Alice Randall 

 Poetry

Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott

YA

Teenie by Christopher Grant 

What new Black Authors have you read this year?  Did you read any books by Black Authors new to you last year?  What books?