For 10 points, name this African-American novelist of Beloved.
In this author's most recent novel, Florens falls in love with a blacksmith at the plantation of Jacob Vaark. Another novel by this author describes Pecola Breedlove's yearning for the title facial features. This author of A Mercy and The Bluest Eye also wrote a novel in which the slave Sethe kills her infant daughter, whose spirit returns to her household. For 10 points, name this African-American novelist of Beloved.
In this author's most recent novel, Florens falls in love with a blacksmith at the plantation of Jacob Vaark.
Toni {Morrison} [or {Chloe Anthony Wofford}]