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Brit Bennett

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About the Author

Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel, The Mothers, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for both the NBCC John Leonard First Novel Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Her second novel, The Vanishing Half, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Women’s Prize, and named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times. Bennet has been named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, a NAACP Image Award Finalist, and one of Time’s Next 100 Influential People. Her essays have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel.

Books by Brit Bennett published by PRH Grupo Editorial

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Two books that impacted author Brit Bennett

Two books that impacted author Brit Bennett Video

Two books that impacted author Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett (author of The Mothers) | 8 Great Questions Video

Brit Bennett (author of The Mothers) | 8 Great Questions

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