Zora Neale Hurston, the author of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, was a writer of the Harlem Renaissance who did not receive much recognition while she was alive. Today, she is known as one of the most influential and important writers of the Harlem Renaissance. She was not popular in her time because her writings were not accepted by the African-American community. Because of all of this, Zora became poor and lived out her life in Florida with nothing tied to her. She was even buried in an unmarked grave for a period of time. One of her most popular novels, Their Eyes Were Watching God, was a reason for her not being accepted by this community. It is about a girl, named Janie Crawford, and her life in the South.
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