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  <name><![CDATA[Lalita Tademy]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[LALITA TADEMY is a former vice-president of Sun Microsystems who left the corporate world to immerse herself in tracing her family's history and writing her first historical novel, &lt;i&gt;CANE RIVER&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;Cane River&lt;/i&gt; is based on the lives of four generations of colored Creole slave women in Louisiana, women from whom she descended. Oprah Winfrey selected &lt;i&gt;Cane River&lt;/i&gt; as her summer book group pick in 2001.

Lalita Tademy's second historical novel, &lt;i&gt;RED RIVER&lt;/i&gt; also takes place in Louisiana, based on real events during Reconstruction after the Civil War, a time period and subject matter often summarily skimmed in our history books. The story of &lt;i&gt;Red River&lt;/i&gt; begins in 1873, and follows the ramifications of an incident on Easter Sunday of that year on successive generations of two families involved.

Photograph courtesy of the author.
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