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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton is a writer from New Orleans, Louisiana[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,'is scheduled to come out November 2019 and was named one one of the most anticipated books of fall 2019 by Parade Magazine[4]

Wilkerson 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[1].


References

  1. ^ a b "Margaret Wilkerson Sexton".
  2. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2017". November 22, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "11 New Books We Recommend This Week". September 14, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Johnson, Ashley (August 1, 2019). "The Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019". Parade.
  5. ^ "The Revisioners". February 22, 2019.
  6. ^ https://crookscornerbookprize.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Press-Release-Winner-January-2019.pdf