Rita Woods

Born and raised in Detroit, Rita Woods is the award-winning author of Remembrance, The Last Dreamwalker, and her latest novel, The Edge of Yesterday. A two-time honoree among Chicago’s Top 50 Artists, she received the AALBC Award for Fiction and the Hurston-Wright Literary Award for her debut, with subsequent honors for her later work, including Chicago Book of the Year recognition.

Trained as a physician, Woods earned her BS in Microbiology from Purdue University and graduated from Howard University College of Medicine before serving as Medical Director of a wellness center for one of the nation’s largest trade unions. She lives in suburban Chicago with her family and serves as a Trustee on her local library board.