Robert Gwaltney & Jeffrey Dale Lofton introduce Jeffrey Blount
Jeffrey Blount is the award-winning author of four novels. Almost Snow White, winner of the 2013 USA Best Book Awards, Hating Heidi Foster, winner of the 2013 Readers Favorite Book Award for young adult literature, The Emancipation of Evan Walls, winner of the 2020 National Indie Excellence Award for African American fiction and other awards, and Jeffrey's latest novel is Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way, winner of the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for African American Fiction.
He is also an Emmy award-winning television director and a 2016 inductee to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. During a 34-year career at NBC News, Jeffrey directed a decade of Meet the Press, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and major special events.
He was also a contributor for HuffPost and has been published in The Washington Post and other publications, commenting on issues of race, social justice and writing.
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