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DOLEN PERKINS-VALDEZ - NYTimes Best-selling Author of Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench, and Balm. She was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction, and she was awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She lives in Washington, DC with her family and teaches at American University. She discusses her latest novel Take My Hand, along with the importance of family, legacy, and history, particularly in regards to race.

In 2017, HarperCollins released Wench as one of eight "Olive Titles," limited edition modern classics…

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