Hello! I'm Karla FC Holloway, James B. Duke Emerita Professor of English, African-American Studies, and Professor of Law at Duke University. As a professor, my classrooms and scholarship focused on literature, law, and bioethics; but in 2017 I turned my full attention to writing fiction (and tweeting -> @ProfHolloway). My debut literary fiction (TriQuarterly 2019) is A Death in Harlem, a mystery set in the moment of the Harlem Renaissance. Gone Missing in Harlem (forthcoming April 2021-starred PW review!) suggests my adventures in fiction 'might-could' be a trend. My newest novel bridges the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Depression. Weldon Thomas, NYC's first colored policeman, returns to solve the mystery of a Harlem baby whose disappearance fails to engage the same energies and interest as the contemporaneous Lindbergh kidnapping. Gone Missing is a story about memory, mothering, and resilience. I'm now captivated by the intrigue of a new "In Harlem..." story--A Haunting in Harlem. Stay tuned! 
                                                            "But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." -Toni Morrison