Author: DuBose Heyward
Alternate names: Edwin DuBose Heyward [full name]; Dubose Heyward; Du Bose Heyward; Du Bose, Heyward; Heyward Du Bose; Du Bose (1885-1940) Heyward; Du Bose HEYWARD; Dubose Heywood; D B. Heyward; Du Bosem Heyward; Dubose Heywara; DeBose Heyward
Born: August 31, 1885
Died: June 16, 1940
Bio: South Carolinan author best known for his 1925 novel *Porgy*, which gave way to a Broadway adaptation, stage opera and motion picture in later years. He told the story of his lone children's book, 1939's *The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes*, to his daughter Jenifer.