Bebe Moore Campbell

Novelist

Birthday February 18, 1950

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Pennsylvania

DEATH DATE Nov 27, 2006 (56)

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About

The mother of In the House actress, Maia Campbell, she is also the New York Times bestselling author of What You Owe Me, Brothers and Sisters, and Singing in the Comeback Choir. Her novel, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, received the NAACP Image Award for Literature.

Before Fame

She studied elementary education at the University of Pittsburgh and subsequently moved to Los Angeles.

Trivia

Her best-seller, What You Owe Me, was selected as the Best Book of 2001 by the Los Angeles Times.

Family Life

She was married twice and remained with her second husband, Ellis Gordon, Jr., from 1984 until her death from brain cancer in 2006. She was the mother of a son and a daughter.

Associated With

Her daughter, Maia Campbell, starred for five seasons on the UPN sitcom, In the House.