contributing editor to Ms. magazine for many years. Her writing has been published in a range of magazines, such as Harper's, Essence, Glamour, Interview, Buddhadharma, Vibe, Child, and Mademoiselle magazines. She has appeared on CNN and MTV, and has been covered in The New York Times, Chicago Times, Esquire, Shambhala Sun, among other publications. Walker has taught workshops on writing at international conferences and MFA programs. She also works as a private publishing consultant. Her first novel, Adé: A Love Story, was published in 2013. It features a biracial college student, Farida, who falls in love with Adé, a black Kenyan man. The couple's plan to marry is interrupted when Farida gets malaria and the two must struggle through a civil war in Kenya. The novel was generally well received by critics and laypeople alike. Personal life Walker identifies as bisexual. She dated neo-soul musician Meshell Ndegeocello, whose son she helped raise even after their relationship ended. She has a son (born 2004) with her former partner Glen, a Buddhist teacher. Once estranged from her mother Alice Walker, she has reconciled with her, and the two have since appeared at literary events together. Bibliography To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (1996) (editor) Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self (2000) What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine The Future (2004) (editor) Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence (2007) One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love (2009) (editor) Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness (Soft Skull Press, February 2012) (editor) Adé: A Love Story (2013), (novel) Film In the 1998 film Primary Colors, Walker played the character March. The movie is a roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. In March 2014, the film rights for her novel Adé: A Love Story (2013) were reported to have been optioned, with Madonna to serve as director. Awards Women of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women, "Feminist of the Year" award from the Fund for the Feminist Majority, "Paz y Justicia" award from the Vanguard Public Foundation, "Intrepid Award" from the National Organization for Women, "Champion of Choice" award from the California Abortion Rights Action League, "Women Who Could Be President Award" from the League of Women Voters. Walker has