Brit Bennett
Author of The Vanishing Half
About the Author
Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her work is featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel. She has won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 show more Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Brit is one of the National Book Foundation's 2016 5 Under 35 honorees. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Brit Bennett
Some People Have Real Problems — Author — 2 copies
النصف المتلاشي 1 copy
Associated Works
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 182 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1990
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Southern California, USA
- Education
- Stanford University
University of Michigan (MFA) - Awards and honors
- National Book Foundation, 5 Under 35 Honoree (2016)
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- Works
- 7
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 7,575
- Popularity
- #3,224
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 332
- ISBNs
- 79
- Languages
- 15
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That's a mere aside about a non-character in this novel, however it does a fine job of summing up the essential thing to know about this debut from an obviously talented writer. Two lives are absent from this story, and their hard absences shape these characters in difficult ways. They pull together and push apart, love and hurt one another, in the wakes.… (more)