J. Everett Prewitt

J. Everett Prewitt is a Vietnam veteran and a former Army officer. Everett’s debut novel Snake Walkers placed first for fiction in four different literary contests and won the Bronze award for General Fiction in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year contest. Snake Walkers was also honored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.
His second novel, A Long Way Back, was published in October 2015. It won six awards, including the Independent Publishers of New England first place award.
A second edition novella, Something About Ann, and a series of short stories related to A Long Way Back, including the award-winning The Last Time I Saw Willie, were published in January 2024. This novel was a finalist for three different awards.
His autobiography, titled A Life In The Sunshine, was published this year, January 2025, and has garnered the following reviews:
Prewitt entertains and educates in this dynamic autobiography set against a backdrop of US history. His authentic thoughts and personality shine through his narrative. The author’s prose is down-to-earth and comes across as if one is sitting down for a chat over drinks with a trusted friend. Those interested in a Black coming-of-age experience in mid-twentieth-century Cleveland will find much to savor in this volume.

Kate Robinson, US Book Review

Libraries seeking autobiographies from African American authors who review their encounters with prejudice, their mindsets for perseverance and overcoming limitations, will find A Life in the Sunshine uplifting, thought-provoking, and absorbing. As a lesson plan in survival and values-building, A Life in the Sunshine shines.

Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
He loves golf, tennis, billiards, backgammon, jazz, and a good cabernet.