Patsy

by Nicole Dennis-Benn, Unknown Author

MP3 CD

About the author

Nicole Dennis-Benn is the author of the novels PATSY (June 4, 2019), HERE COMES THE SUN (Liveright, 2016), and BLACK GOLD (Random House, 2027).

HERE COMES THE SUN was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book of 2016. Recently, Here Comes the Sun was listed as a New York Times Most Notable Book of the decade. PATSY, her second novel, was a National Bestseller, a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Both novels had appeared in over twenty-five “best books of the year” list, which included TIME, Oprah, People, NPR, among others. Nicole was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Pen/Faulkner Award in Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award Fiction Prize. She was a recipient of the Caribbean Icon Award and a Certificate of Honor from Lincoln Center Theater for her outstanding contribution to literature. Her books have remained as must-reads on various major lists since publication and have been translated into multiple languages. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Dennis-Benn is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a Visiting Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College and lives with her wife and their two sons in Brooklyn.