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Photograph of author Frank Yerby. His face is illuminated from a light on the right, and he faces forward.Yerby was the first African American to write a best-selling novel and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. During his prolific career, Yerby wrote thirty-three novels and sold more than fifty-five million hardback and paperback books worldwide.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia