Antonio Michael Downing

Photograph by Dawn Bowman Photography

About The Author

Antonio Michael Downing is the author of the acclaimed memoir Saga Boy and children’s book, Stars in My Crown. Antonio Michael is the current host of the CBC Radio program The Next Chapter where he discusses books with authors and columnists. He spends his time writing books, singing songs, and trying to make his grandma proud. Black Cherokee is his debut novel. 

Appearances

AUG 15
2:00PM
In Person

FESTIVAL - Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
5511 Shorncliffe Avenue
Sechelt, BC V0N 3A7
AUG 16
3:00PM
In Person

FESTIVAL - Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
5511 Shorncliffe Avenue
Sechelt, BC V0N 3A7

Books by Antonio Michael Downing

Black Cherokee

A Novel

By Antonio Michael Downing
Queenie meets Frying Plantain in this courageous coming-of-age story, set in the 1990s, about a mixed-race Black girl fighting for recognition in a South Carolina Cherokee community that refuses to accept her ancestry as legitimate.
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