What is Sapphire (author)?
{{Infobox person |name = Sapphire |image = American author Sapphire (cropped).jpg |birth_name = Ramona Lofton |caption = Sapphire at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2009 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|4}} |birth_place = [[Fort Ord]], [[California]] |alma mater = [[Brooklyn College]], [[City College of New York]] |notable works = ''[[Push (novel)|Push]]'' (1996) }} '''Ramona Lofton''' (born August 4, 1950), better known by her [[pen name]] '''Sapphire''', is an American [[author]] and [[Performance poetry|performance poet]]. She is known for her 1996 novel ''[[Push (novel)|Push]]'', which later became an [[Academy Award]]-nominated movie titled ''[[Precious (movie)|Precious]]'' (2009).<ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23794410-how-author-created-film-character-precious-through-her-own-sexual-abuse.do Interview with David Cohen, ''This is London'', 13 January 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404020719/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23794410-how-author-created-film-character-precious-through-her-own-sexual-abuse.do |date= April 4, 2010 }}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Writers from California]] {{US-bio-stub}}