Zelda Lockhart
Zelda Lockhart is author of the novel Fifth Born, which was a 2002 Barnes & Noble Discovery selection and won a finalist award for debut fiction from the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Foundation. Ms. Lockhart holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Norfolk State University, a Master’s in English from Old Dominion University, and a certificate in writing, directing and editing film from the New York Film Academy. Her other works of fiction, poetry and essays can be found in anthologies, journals and magazines. Lockhart is also the author of The Evolution, a serial novella, currently appearing in the archives of USAToday.com's Open Book series. Her most recent novel, Cold Running Creek, published January 2007, is a work of historical fiction that garnered the attention of noteworthy literary organizations, such as the Historical Novel Society, and won a 2008 Honor Fiction Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Recently, Cold Running Creek was chosen as the “Text in Community” read for all incoming students at North Carolina A&T State University. Universities throughout the United States and abroad have recognized Lockhart’s talents as a writer and speaker. She is currently working on her third novel, lecturing, and facilitating a variety of workshops that empower adults and children to self-define through writing. In spring 2009, she is Visiting Writer in Residence at University of North Carolina Wilmington where she is teaching and working on her novel. Lockhart lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
