Writer Zora ___ Hurston

NEALE

This Harlem Renaissance author is best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God and her work documenting African American folklore in the American South.

This clue is a straightforward fill-in-the-blank for the middle name of Zora Neale Hurston, a famous African American writer and anthropologist best known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The answer "NEALE" completes her full name, which is often referenced in literature and history. No wordplay is involved—it’s a direct knowledge-based clue about a key figure in 20th-century American culture.