Doris Jean Austin
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Doris Jean Austin | |
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| Born | 1949 Mobile, Alabama, US |
| Died | September 1994 (aged 44–45) |
| Occupation(s) | Author and journalist |
Doris Jean Austin (1949 – September 1994)[1] was an American author and journalist.
Doris Jean Austin was born in 1949 in Mobile, Alabama, in the United States. She was raised by her mother and grandmother. When she was six years old, Austin moved with her family to Jersey City, New Jersey, where she attended Lincoln High School. She was influenced to become a writer by her high school English teacher Reverend Ercell F. Webb. Austin was raised in a strict Baptist household, which would also serve as an inspiration for her work. She died in 1994 of liver cancer.[2]
