Sapphire (author)

Sapphire
Sapphire at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009
Born
Ramona Lofton

(1950-08-04) August 4, 1950
Fort Ord, California
Alma materBrooklyn College, City College of New York
Notable workPush (1996)

Ramona Lofton (born August 4, 1950), better known by her pen name Sapphire, is an American author and performance poet. She is known for her 1996 novel Push, which later became an Academy Award-nominated movie titled Precious (2009).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Interview with David Cohen, This is London, 13 January 2010 Archived April 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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