Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates. He's best known for his book "Between The World And Me," which won a National Book Award, and his Atlantic Magazine cover story, "The Case For Reparations." His new book, "The Message," is about his reflections on race, slavery, colonialism, and identity, on trips to South Carolina, Senegal, and Israel on the West Bank.

After writing three non-fiction books dealing with race and identity, and relaunching Marvel's black superhero series Black Panther, Ta-Nehisi Coates has written his first novel. Set during slave times, it re-imagines leaders of the underground railroad as having a magical power to help people out of slavery.

Ta-Nehisi Coates' pays tribute to his father in his Memoir.