She subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at Goucher College, obtaining a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction writing in 1999.

Two years later, she co-founded HealthQuest, the first nationally distributed magazine focusing on African-American health, and served as its editor in chief.

[7] Boyd said she felt a strong connection to the author since first reading Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, during her freshman year at Northwestern University.

Offering vivid splashes of Zora's colorful humor, daring individualism and refreshing insouciance, Boyd has done justice to a dauntless spirit and heroic life.

[15] Simon & Schuster/37 Ink was scheduled to publish her book, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, posthumously in the spring of 2022.

[1][2] Boyd received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in nonfiction as well as an American Library Association Notable Book citation for her work on Wrapped in Rainbows.