Zora Neale Hurston

Today, we tell about writer Zora Neale Hurston. She was one of the most recognized black women writers. She wrote [seven:five] books and more than one hundred short stories, plays, and articles for magazines. Zora [Neale:Nigel] Hurston was born in eighteen ninety-one in Notasulga, Alabama. A short time later, her family [moved:lived] to Eatonville, a small town in central Florida. All of the people of Eatonville were African-American. The town shaped Hurston's life and her writing. As a child, she [would:will] listen closely to the stories told by the adults in the town. Several of her books take place in [communities:groups] very similar to Eatonville. The people she wrote about in her books are very similar to people she knew there.