Sandra G. Shannon

Sandra G. Shannon is Professor of African American Literature, specializing in Dramatic Literature and Criticism, at Howard University, Washington, USA. She is one of America's leading scholars on the life and works of Pulitzer Prize winning playwight August Wilson and is Founder of the August Wilson Society, based at Howard University. She is the author of The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson and August Wilson’s Fences: A Reference Guide, and co-editor of August Wilson and Black Aesthetics.

SANDRA G. SHANNON is Professor of African American Literature at Howard University. Her previous books include The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson (1995), and her essays have appeared in such journals as African American Review, College Language Association Journal, and MELUS.