Career Highlights

• Haulsey is also a freelance journalist, editor, artistic director and co-author
• As a 2007 Penn/Faulkner Foundation honoree, Kuwana was named one of three New Voices in American Literature.
• Founder of the Open Door Society
• Her novel, The Red Moon, was a 2002 finalist for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction
• Taught writing at UCLA and text to linkAgape International

Kuwana Haulsey is a graduate of the New York High School of Performing Arts and Rutgers University where she studied journalism. Haulsey moved to Los Angeles to pursue her stage and film career and became the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Red Moon and Angel of Harlem. The Red Moon was the winner of the 2002 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction and was chosen as a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year.

Angel of Harlem was a featured book in the international book festival, Literaire Lente, a 2007 Winner of the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, and in 2005 was given the Medal of Courage, an award created specifically to honor the book, by the Blackboard Bestsellers organization. Haulsey is also the founder of the Open Door Society, an organization whose mission is to feed, clothe, house, and educate street children and AIDS orphans Fracture.

Kuwana Haulsey talks with ThinkTalk host Janell Snowden to discuss her novel “Angel of Harlem.” She also provides tips for aspiring writers on how to get a book deal, and gives us a look into her creative writing process. Haulsey answers questions from George Washington University students Marta and Jinmi. Marta asks what time and research goes into writing a story, and Jinmi asks what advice Haulsey has for novice writers. Watch now to see how Haulsey responded to student questions!