Lucille Clifton was born on June 27, 1936 in Depew, New York, USA as Thelma Lucille Sayles. She was a writer, known for Free to Be... You & Me (1974), Vegetable Soup (1976) and Literary Visions (1992). She was married to Fred Clifton. She died on February 13, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.