Angela Bassett

Vance since 1997. They have one child and divide their time between homes in Virginia, United States and Sydney, Australia. She has been married to fellow actor Courtney B. Brooks married Tony Horwitz in Tourette-sur-loup, France, in 1984. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her potrayal of Tina Turner in the film What's Love Got to Do with It. Her new novel, March, will be published in early 2005. Angela Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American film actress. Set in 1666, Year Of Wonders follows a young woman's battle to save her family and her soul when the plague suddenly strikes the small Derbyshire village of Eyam.

Boyz N the Hood (1991) Reva Devereaux. Her first novel, Year of Wonders, published in 2001, is an international bestseller. Malcolm X (1992) Betty Shabazz. Kibble Award for women's writing, was a memoir and travel adventure about a childhood enriched by penpals from around the world, and her adult quest to find them. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) Tina Turner. Foreign Correspondence (1997), which won the Nita B. Strange Days (1995) "Mace" Mason. Her first book, Nine Parts of Desire (1994), based on her experiences among the Muslim women of the Middle East, was an international bestseller, translated into 17 languages.

Betty Shabazz. She completed a Master's Degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York City in 1983, and worked for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Panther (1995) Dr. She attended Sydney University and worked as a reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald. Waiting To Exhale (1995) Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris. Geraldine Brooks is an Australian author, who grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney. Contact (1997) Rachel Constantine.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) Stella Payne. The Score (2001) Diane. 3000 (2004) Mo. Mr.