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Shelia Payton
Shelia Payton is an author, playwright and lyricist. Previous works include Cultures of America: African Americans (part of a middle-school book series); a play, Facing the Shadow,...view moreShelia Payton is an author, playwright and lyricist. Previous works include Cultures of America: African Americans (part of a middle-school book series); a play, Facing the Shadow, about free woman of color in pre-Civil War Baltimore who must decide whether to help a runaway slave escape; the libretto (lyrics) for an opera, Black Caesar, about an African king captured by slave traders who became a feared pirate
(music by Broadway’s first Black music director, Neal Tate), and lyrics for Christian and soul/country songs. Future projects include plays, a young adult book series, songs and musical theater works.view less
Books by Shelia Payton
What Counts Most Is How You Finish: Thoughts on Living Life to the Fullest