In 2002, he published a novel, Miracle at St.

It is read in high schools and universities across America, has been translated into 16 languages, and sold more than 2.5 million copies. The memoir spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has become an American classic. McBride is best known for his 1996 memoir, the bestselling The Color of Water, which describes his life growing up in a large, poor African American family led by a white, religious, and strict Jewish mother, whose father was an Orthodox rabbi, but converted and became devoutly Christian during her first marriage to Andrew McBride. McBride is a charter member of the Clint Harding Network, a group of well-known journalists, writers and musicians who periodically have appeared live on a Missouri radio program for the last two decades. He has also written for Rolling Stone, Us, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Essence, New York Times, and others. Instead, he attended Oberlin College and received an undergraduate degree in music composition, followed by a Master's in journalism from Columbia University.Īs a journalist, he was on the staffs of many well-known publications, including Boston Globe, Washington Post, Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal, and People. Two of his older brothers, Dennis and Billy, graduated with doctorates in medicine, but medicine had no appeal for James. I just get up in the morning happy to be living. So the question is for theologians to answer. I'm proud of my Jewish history.Technically I guess you could say I'm Jewish since my mother was Jewish.but she converted (to Christianity). McBride was the last child Ruth had from her first marriage, and the eighth of 12 children in all.

McBride (1911–1957), was African-American and his mother, Ruchel Dwajra Zylska (1921–2010), was a Jewish immigrant from Poland.

James McBride, an American writer and musician, was raised in Brooklyn's Red Hook housing projects.

Currently-lives in New York City and Lambertville, New Jersey.

Education-B.A., Oberlin College M.A., Columbia University.

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