Cebo Campbell

About Cebo Campbell

Wells Without Water: The author of Sky Full of Elephants returns with an evocative, harrowing novel about the bonds of community and the power of redemption, as the disillusioned son of a preacher returns home and uncovers a supernatural force taking hold. When a sweet, unassuming fifteen-year-old walks into the local police station attempting to kill everyone inside, Carmichael Franklin, a social justice advocate and legal investigator whose hope for a better world is masked by a deep layer of cynicism, is called home to Loblolly Grove to find out what happened. Carm returns and finds his community crumbling.

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  Wells Without Water February 9, 2027

  The author of Sky Full of Elephants returns with an evocative, harrowing novel about the bonds of community and the power of redemption, as the disillusioned son of a preacher returns home and uncovers a supernatural force taking hold. When a sweet, unassuming fifteen-year-old walks into the local police station attempting to kill everyone inside, Carmichael Franklin, a social justice advocate and legal investigator whose hope for a better world is masked by a deep layer of cynicism, is called home to Loblolly Grove to find out what happened. Carm returns and finds his community crumbling.

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Earlier Books

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  Sky Full of Elephants September 16, 2025

  In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black? The groundbreaking debut that sparked a phenomenon, by the author of Wells Without Water. One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world.

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  Violet in Some Places September 6, 2021

  Violet in Some Places is the life of a man enveloped in the raw, nurturing magic of matriarchs. If ever there was a guide toward masculine vulnerability, power through listening, a rosetta stone for empathy-- it is here in the silky, poetic prose beautifully woven throughout this empowering collection from Cebo Campbell.

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  Conversations with Women January 6, 2019

  Conversations With Women is a collection of real conversations from real women woven into a coming of age narrative. Part poetry, part memoir, a boy becomes a man exploring themes of youth, sex, identity, and patriarchy through the wisdom of women. Timeless words in important times. "I wasn't listening when one collected me from the stars. Nor as one tended me with the fealty of mountains. Not through love letters, or under covers, or in the grass behind the church. Nor even as a witness. Of suffrage turned miracle. Sound from silence. Woman. I hear you."

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  Listen, I Create Me August 2004 View on Amazon: Listen, I Create Me

More New Books Coming Up

• Absolute Demon by Kim Harrison · Feb 9, 2027
• Briarbound by Maya-Gawonii Shabazz-Saleh · Feb 9, 2027
• He Who Fights With Monsters, Book 4 by Shirtaloon · Feb 9, 2027
• How to Disappear Completely by Liz Kerin · Feb 9, 2027
• I Swore I'd Burn This Book by Andrew Lewis Conn · Feb 9, 2027
• It Takes a Village by Alyssa Cole · Feb 9, 2027
• Last Man Standing by Gregg Hurwitz · Feb 9, 2027
• Monstrous Beautiful Things by Taylor Grothe · Feb 9, 2027
• The Grave of Perfection by Adrian Tchaikovsky · Feb 9, 2027
• You Made Me Do This by Jesse Q. Sutanto · Feb 9, 2027

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