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Tananarive

British  
/ tananariv /

noun

  1. the former name of Antananarivo

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Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes examine what happens to children left behind in an unfriendly and chaotic world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

October is Black Speculative Fiction Month, but that doesn’t begin to explain why Tananarive Due is so busy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Tananarive Due is the master of Black horror, even teaching a class where Jordan Peele guest-lectured.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

Horror is splendid if Dan Chaon or Victor LaValle or Tananarive Due is writing it.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Tananarive Due, an award-winning author and producer who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA, to discuss the past and future of Black horror.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2022