Wanda Coleman was born on November 13, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was a writer, known for United States of Poetry (1995), Lady Samurai (2007) and Starsky and Hutch (1975). She was married to Austin Straus. She died on November 22, 2013 in Los Angeles.
She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, and collections of short stories and essays.
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Her father was a former boxer who ran a sign shop and mopped floors as a janitor. Her mother was a seamstress and housekeeper who sometimes worked for Hollywood stars.