HONORÉE FANONNE JEFFERS se yon ekriven woman, powèt, ak eseyis. Li se otè woman ki te gen anpil siksè dapre New York Times e ke Oprah's Book Club te chwazi, The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois: A Novel, ki te ranpòte Pri National Book Critics Circle nan kategori woman ak Pri Dayton Literary Peace Prize, epi li te nominasyon pou Pri National Book Award. Fanonne Jeffers se otè senk koleksyon pwezi tou, pami yo genyen The Age of Phillis, ki te ranpòte NAACP Image Award la e ki te sou lis long pou National Book Award la.