Home › Authors › James Alan McPherson 👤 James Alan McPherson b. 1943 – d. 2016 · 7 books Biography American essayist and short-story writer, who was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Books by James Alan McPherson Espacio vital 2023 On Becoming an American Writer On Becoming an American Writer 2023 A Region Not Home 2001 Crabcakes 1999 Fathering daughters 1998 The Best American Short Stories 1973 1974 Hue and cry 1955