He was an African American author of large,inventive novels that blend myth,history,legend,and contemporary realism.He was born into a middle-class family in Chicago.Forrest mama was Catholic and from New Orleans,and
his daddy family was Baptist,he attended the University of Chicago.He served in the U.S. Army before beginning his career as a writer.From 1965-1973,Leon worked as a journalist for various newspapers,including the Nation of Islam
weekly Muhammad speaks.
He taught English and African American studies at Northwestern University.Leon also published excerpts from his first novel."There is a Tree More Ancient than Eden," which was issued in book form in 1973.This portrays the tangled relationships between the illegitimate offspring of a former slave-owning family.Several of the book's characters reappear in subsequent novels by Leon.There are traces of Greek and Latin mythology present in "The Bloodworth Orphans,"published in 1977,a story about the search by three orphaned siblings for roots and understanding in the middle of turmoil.In "Two wings to
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