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Black Girl Survives in This One

by Unknown Author

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354 pages2024Flatiron BooksISBN 9781250871688
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A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology. The bestselling and acclaimed authors include Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Desiree S. Evans, Saraciea J. Fennell, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika & Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, and Vincent Tirado. The foreword is by Tananarive Due. “This anthology makes a statement: Black women belong in horror…Projects like this — brave, necessary — celebrate Black women, and will hopefully inspire the future of the genre.” —The New York Times Book Review

Publication Details

Publisher
Flatiron Books
Published
2024
Pages
354
ISBN
9781250871688

About Unknown Author

Desiree S. Evans is an award-winning writer, scholar, and activist from the Louisiana bayou. She holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a Master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Desiree’s creative writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her writing has appeared in literary journals such as Gulf Coast, The Offing, Nimrod Journal, Cosmonauts Avenue, and others. Her creative and scholarly work has received support from the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA/Voices), Kimbilio Fiction, the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Austin Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is a 2020 winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant awarded by We Need Diverse Books.

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