Author

Books by Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson is an American journalist and author who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. Her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns, received the National Book Critics Circle Award and is considered a definitive account of the Great Migration. Caste, published in 2020, became an immediate bestseller and was named the number one book of the year by multiple major publications. Oprah Winfrey selected it for her book club. Wilkerson teaches at Boston University's journalism program and has received numerous honorary degrees.