Neely Tucker (born November 26, 1963 in Lexington, Mississippi) is a journalist at The Washington Post and the author of Love in the Driest Season, an autobiographical story that touches on his journey from his education at a whites-only school in Mississippi, to his marriage to a Jamaican, to his adoption of a Zimbabwean child.
He previously worked as a foreign correspondent in Zimbabwe, where he and his wife Vita lived, and adopted a child.
He currently writes for the Style section of The Washington Post.