Shelia P. Moses, is an African-American writer whose subjects include comedian Dick Gregory and The Legend of Buddy Bush. In 2004, she was nominated for the National Book Award and named the Coretta Scott King Honoree for "The Legend of Buddy Bush" In 2009, her novel "Joseph" was nominated for the NAACP Image Award. Life Moses was born in the small, rural, northeastern North Carolina town of Rich Square. She grew up ninth in a family of ten children; she received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Shaw University. Bibliography Callus on My Soul: a memoir, by Dick Gregory with Shelia P. Moses, 2000, Sallie Gal and the Wall-a-kee man, 2007, The Legend of Buddy Bush, 2004, ; (Coretta Scott King Award honor book) I, Dred Scott, 2005, The Baptism, 2007, References External links Brief bio at Library of Congress 2007 National Book Festival Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Rich Square, North Carolina American children's writers African-American women writers American biographers Shaw University alumni Writers from North Carolina American women children's writers American women biographers African-American writers