For 10 points, name this African American author of The Bluest Eye and Beloved.
In one novel by this author, the sight of the title character causes Mr. Finley to choke to death on a chicken bone. Another character in that novel by this author proclaims that everyone should kill each other and themselves on National Suicide Day. In another novel, the death of marigolds indicates the death of Pecola's child, conceived when her father raped her. This author of Sula created a novel in which a woman names her newborn child Denver after the girl who delivers her, before the schoolteacher comes and threatens to take Sethe and her children back to Sweet Home plantation. For 10 points, name this African American author of The Bluest Eye and Beloved.
In one novel by this author, the sight of the title character causes Mr. Finley to choke to death on a chicken bone.
Toni Morrison