Delores Phillips

Delores Phillips (26 September 1950 – 7 June 2014) was an American author who is known for her acclaimed debut novel, The Darkest Child (Soho Press, 2005).

Bio Born in Georgia, Phillips explores the racial dynamics of the 1950s rural South in her book. She graduated from Cleveland State University and worked as a nurse in a facility for abused women and children in Cleveland. Her poetry has appeared in Jean’s Journal, Black Times, and The Crisis. She died at the age of 63.

Publications

The Darkest Child. Soho Press, 2005. The Darkest Child. Soho Press, 2018. (New Edition with introduction by Tayari Jones.) Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work (2023, posth.)