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Suzette D. Harrison

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Suzette D. Harrison, is an award-winning author of 10 books celebrating African American life and culture. A native Californian and the middle of three daughters, Suzette grew up in a home where reading was required, not requested. Thanks to a culinary degree in Pastry & Baking, when not busy on her next novel, you might find Suzette whipping up a batch of cupcakes.

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Suzette D. Harrison If we ever meet at an in-person book event, I will be sure to replace your Kleenex, Ms. Kim :) So glad you enjoyed Faith & Zoe's journeys in The Dust …moreIf we ever meet at an in-person book event, I will be sure to replace your Kleenex, Ms. Kim :) So glad you enjoyed Faith & Zoe's journeys in The Dust Bowl Orphan.(less)
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Tea Cakes & Mattie Banks

I was born in California, but there’s enough southern soul left in me to know tea cakes are nothing to play with. The recipe and execution need to be on point. Or else! It’s like potato salad, peach cobbler, or collard greens. Make them wrong if you want to. Your Black Girl card will be revoked and you’ll be banned from the family. Okay, slight exaggeration, but your family gathering contributions

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In my younger years I decided that whenever reading a contemporary novel I'd follow up with a novel from a Harlem Renaissance writer in order to diversify my reading. That's how I discovered Ann Petry; and I've loved her since encountering her novel, ...more
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Yes, Diane McKinney-Whetsone is my absolute favorite author and can do no wrong in my humble opinion. (Inserts humble smile and keeps typing). In Our Gen, she focuses the spotlight on people "of a certain age," providing a reprieve from all things yo ...more
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“I’ve never lived a day without my mother. This world can’t feel right without her. When she leaves there’ll be a hole in my soul no one else can fill.”
Suzette D. Harrison, The Girl at the Back of the Bus

“As long as I'm breathing, I have opportunity.”
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“Life can be sneaky sometimes, so be ready to make other plans and pivot on a dime.”
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