Shay Youngblood

Dates:

October 16, 1959—June 11, 2024

Georgia Connections

Columbus, Muscogee County

Peachtree City, Fayette County

Earned a Bachelor's Degree in mass communication at Clark-Atlanta University.

Notes of Interest

A Pushcart Prize-winning author, Shay Youngblood was an American playwright, author of short stories, novels, and picture books, artist, and educator.

The Big Mama Stories was included on the 2008 "Books All Georgians Should Read" List. Youngblood's children's picture book, Mama's Home was the Georgia Young Readers' Selection for the Roadmap to Reading: "Great Reads From Great Places" at the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival.