Eric Willis
Author, Illustrator | Michigan |
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Eric B. Willis is a genealogist, historian, publisher, and author of two books titled The Willis Handbook: An Intersection of Genealogy, Memoirs and History of a Black American Family 1835-2003 and A Black Man’s Existence as a White Jew. His literary works exists in prominent collections throughout the United States, incl.... more
Eric B. Willis is a genealogist, historian, publisher, and author of two books titled The Willis Handbook: An Intersection of Genealogy, Memoirs and History of a Black American Family 1835-2003 and A Black Man’s Existence as a White Jew. His literary works exists in prominent collections throughout the United States, including the Library of Congress, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Store, Library of Michigan, Harvard University and Stanford University. Writer’s Digest cited The Willis Handbook as “a unique and important project, impeccably produced and fascinating.”
Willis, a Detroit native, lives in Michigan with his family and their back rub-loving pyredoodle.