Lucinda Roy (born December 19, 1955) is an American-based British novelist, educator and poet.
Her poetry, fiction, and commentaries have appeared in numerous publications, including North American Review, American Poetry Review, Rattle, Prairie Schooner, The New York Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Guardian, Inside Higher Education, and USA Today,[2] as well as featuring in such anthologies as Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience (ed.
Chandra Prasad, 2006), Go Girl: Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure (ed.
Elaine Lee, 1997) and Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent (ed.
In April 2007, after the Virginia Tech shootings, it was revealed that two years earlier, Roy had noted violent tendencies in shooter Seung-Hui Cho's behavior and writings.