Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience |
2006 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Wailing The Dead To Sleep |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Humming Birds |
1995 |
Buy |
| Fabric |
2017 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| No Right to Remain Silent |
2009 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lady Moses |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Hotel Alleluia |
2000 |
Buy |
The Dreambird Chronicles Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Freedom Race |
2021 |
Buy |
| Flying the Coop |
2022 |
Buy |
| Flying the Coop: The Dreambird Chronicles, Book Two |
2022 |
N/A |
Lucinda Roy is a Jamaican-British-American author, poet, and academic. She has served as a professor at Virginia Tech, where her experience during the 2007 campus shooting led to her nonfiction book No Right to Remain Silent. Her creative work spans literary fiction, poetry, speculative fiction, and edited anthologies.
Roy’s literary novels Lady Moses (1998) and The Hotel Alleluia (2000) established her voice in contemporary fiction. Her poetry collections, from Wailing The Dead To Sleep (1983) to Fabric (2017), reflect decades of work in the form. More recently, she turned to speculative fiction with the Dreambird Chronicles, a dystopian series set in a future America built on racial segregation and forced labor. Her career shows an unusual range, moving from lyric poetry to literary realism to politically charged science fiction.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Lucinda Roy written?
Lucinda Roy has written ten books across five series.
What was Lucinda Roy's first book?
Lucinda Roy’s first book is Wailing The Dead To Sleep, published in 1983.
What genres does Lucinda Roy write in?
Roy works across multiple genres. Her early career focused on literary fiction and poetry, with novels like Lady Moses and poetry collections including Wailing The Dead To Sleep. More recently, she has written the Dreambird Chronicles, a speculative fiction series set in a dystopian America. She has also published nonfiction about the Virginia Tech shooting.