Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead is an American novelist known for literary fiction that blends history with genre elements.
His novels *The Underground Railroad* (2016) and *The Nickel Boys* (2019) both won Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction—making him one of few authors to win consecutively.
His work often examines race and American history through inventive narrative frameworks.
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- train tracksMetal rails for locomotives
- PulitzerMajor journalism award
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- slaveryOwnership of people
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