Barbara Chase-Riboud

|birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |occupation= |nationality=American |education=Philadelphia High School for Girls
Philadelphia Museum School of Art (BFA)
American Academy in Rome
Yale University (MFA) |spouse=
|children=2 |parents=Charles Edward Chase
Vivian May Chase |awards=Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (1979) }} Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American visual artist and sculptor, bestselling novelist, and award-winning poet.

After becoming established as a sculptor and poet, Chase-Riboud gained widespread recognition as an author for her novel ''Sally Hemings'' (1979). It earned the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in Fiction, and became an international success.

Chase-Riboud's novel about Sally Hemings generated discussion about the likely relationship between the young enslaved woman and her master, Thomas Jefferson, who became president of the United States. Mainline historians rejected Chase-Riboud's portrayal and persuaded CBS not to produce a planned TV mini-series adapted from the novel. Following DNA analysis of descendants in 1998, the Jefferson-Hemings relationship is widely accepted by historians as fact, including those who had objected before. Provided by Wikipedia