Jamie mCgHEE

she/her

novelist / historian

Jamie McGhee is a novelist and historian. Her books include You Mean It or You Don’t: James Baldwin’s Radical Challenge (co-authored with Dr. Adam Hollowell of Duke University) and What I Must Tell the World: The Story of Lorraine Hansberry (with director Lena Waithe). The latter won a national 2025 Stonewall Book Honor for LGBTQ+ literature.
McGhee’s work has been supported by fellowships from Harvard University, MIT, Emory University, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Zürich University of the Arts. She has also been awarded grants from the Folger Shakespeare Institute, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the Arts & Science Council. Parallel to this, McGhee has undertaken artist residencies at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen (Germany), Instituto Sacatar (Brazil), La Maison Baldwin (France), Nawat Fes (Morocco), Vermont Studio Center (US) and Västernorrland (Sweden). 

Website: www.Jamie-McGhee.com