Colson Whitehead 
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SOURCE: New York Times
5/6/2021
The Epic Journey to ‘The Underground Railroad’
Director Barry Jenkins struggled with the ethical implications of making entertainment out of the brutal events narrated in Colson Whitehead's novel "Underground Railroad." He discusses how he decided to go ahead with the miniseries adaptation anyway.
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SOURCE: NYT
11-17-16
Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for ‘The Underground Railroad’
The novel follows a young slave named Cora who escapes a Georgia plantation and, in a surreal twist, travels north via a literal underground subway.
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