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Tananarive Due with Nisi Shawl
The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.
Tananarive Due (she/her) is an American Book Award–winning, Essence bestselling author of sixteen books, including Blood Colony, The Living Blood, The Good House, Joplin’s Ghost, and Devil’s Wake. She was also a contributor to Jonathan Maberry’s middle grade anthology, Don’t Turn Out the Lights. She has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. She teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Visit her website TananariveDue.com.
Nisi Shawl (they/them) is the multiple award-winning author, co-author, and editor of over a dozen books of speculative fiction and related nonfiction, including (with Cynthia Ward) the standard text on diverse representation in literature, "Writing the Other: A Practical Approach," the basis of the online workshop of the same name. Shawl’s best known fiction is the Nebula Award finalist novel Everfair. Recent books include a new, horror-friendly story collection, Our Fruiting Bodies; and the Middle Grade historical fantasy novel Speculation. Their editing credits include the 2023 anthology New Suns 2, sequel to the acclaimed New Suns 1, winner of the Locus, World Fantasy, FIYAH Magazine IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards. They’ve spoken at Duke University, Spelman College, Stanford University, Sarah Lawrence College, and at many other institutions. Shawl likes to relax by pretending they live in other people’s houses.
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