Morgan Parker (writer)

Morgan Parker
BornDecember 19, 1987 (1987-12-19) (age 37)
OccupationPoet, editor, novelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Notable worksThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

Morgan Parker (born December 19, 1987) is an American poet, novelist, and editor. She is the author of poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Switchback Books, 2015), There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé (Tin House Books, 2017), and Magical Negro (Tin House Books, 2019), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is also author of the young adult novel, Who Put This Song On (Delacorte Press, 2019). She has been described as a "multidisciplinary phenom" for her diverse body of work.