This author described posing as another author's niece while searching for her grave in her essay (*)
A character from this author's most famous novel is imprisoned for murdering M'Lissa, who killed that character's sister Dura in a clitoridectomy, in her later novel Possessing the Secret of Joy. That character is a member of the Olinka tribe who marries Adam, who himself was adopted by the missionary Samuel. This author described posing as another author's niece while searching for her grave in her essay (*) "Looking for Zora". In her most famous novel, Nettie sends the protagonist letters from Africa that are intercepted by her abusive husband Albert, or Mister. After breaking up with Germaine, the blues singer Shug Avery returns to the protagonist Celie at the end of that novel by this woman. For 10 points, name this African-American author of The Color Purple.
A character from this author's most famous novel is imprisoned for murdering M'Lissa, who killed that character's sister Dura in a clitoridectomy, in her later novel Possessing the Secret of Joy.
Alice Walker [or Alice Malsenior Walker] 