Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author (died 2017)

Patricia McKissack

American writer (1944–2017)

Patricia C. McKissack was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North; and…