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- ↑ Wendy Rountree, "Joan Riley", The Literary Encyclopedia, 8 February 2005.
- 1 2 "Joan Riley", in Pamela Mordecai (ed.), Her True-True Name, Heinemann, 1989, p. 66.
- 1 2 "Joan Riley with Aamer Hussein", in Susheila Nasta (ed.), Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk, Routledge, 2004, p. 93.
- ↑ Mohit, Ed.; K. Ray (2007). The Atlantic Companion to Literature in English. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 448. ISBN 978-81-269-0832-5.
- ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992, pp. 909–14.
