Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Born
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Alma mater Dartmouth College;
University of California at Berkeley
OccupationNovelist
Notable workA Kind of Freedom; The Revisioners
Awards NAACP Image Award

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton is an American novelist. [1]

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Biography

Sexton was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at the University of California at Berkeley. [1]

She was a recipient of the Lombard Fellowship and spent a year in the Dominican Republic working for a civil rights organization and writing. [1]

Her debut novel, A Kind of Freedom, made the New York Times "100 Notable Books" list, [2] and the Editor's Choice list [3] in 2017. Her second novel, The Revisioners, was named one of the most anticipated books of fall 2019 by Parade magazine. [4]

Sexton won the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, [5] and the Crook's Corner Book Prize for A Kind of Freedom. [6] She was also nominated for a 2017 National Book Award by the National Book Foundation. [7]

At the 2020 NAACP Image Awards she was the winner in the Fiction category for her 2019 novel The Revisioners. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Margaret Wilkerson Sexton". Counterpoint Press. May 9, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2017". The New York Times. November 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ Jones, Radhika (September 14, 2017). "11 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Ashley (August 1, 2019). "The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019". Parade.
  5. ↑ "The Revisioners". Counterpoint Press. February 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Margaret Wilkerson Sexton wins $5000 Crook's Corner Book Prize". Press release, January 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Margaret Wilkerson Sexton". National Book Foundation.
  8. ↑ "2020 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List", ET, February 22, 2020.
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