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Angela Flournoy

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20: 197: 141:, which tracks around 70% of U.S. book sales, her book has sold over 15,000 copies in paperback and hardcover as of April ; anything over 10,000 is generally considered high for 187: 556: 516: 461: 561: 541: 521: 442: 283: 225: 546: 511: 551: 496: 390: 364: 152:-sponsored reading tour of Germany. Flournoy canceled at short notice amid tensions with Iran and published a justification in 526: 501: 116: 506: 149: 90: 133:
describes Flournoy as "the most lauded debut novelist in America," noting her many awards and honors, as well as
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while attending the Iowa Workshop, where she frequently traveled to Detroit to visit her father's family.
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called it "an engrossing and remarkably mature first novel...assured and memorable."
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Flournoy attributes her understanding of character development to
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Flournoy was raised in Southern California. Her mother was from
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She started developing her first novel, 223: 23:Flournoy at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. 517:University of Southern California alumni 440: 391:"'The Turner House,' by Angela Flournoy" 18: 459: 414: 249: 489: 388: 200:from the original on December 13, 2023 148:In 2020 she was scheduled to go on a 562:21st-century African-American writers 542:21st-century American women academics 522:Trinity Washington University faculty 250:Philyaw, Deesha (February 13, 2016). 441:Flournoy, Angela (24 January 2020). 278: 276: 274: 272: 224:Vitcavage, Adam (October 27, 2005). 219: 217: 215: 51:for Debut Fiction, nominated for an 547:21st-century American women writers 13: 460:Fassler, Joe (September 1, 2015). 389:Thomas, Matthew (April 29, 2015). 185: 14: 573: 482: 415:Shafrir, Doree (April 25, 2016). 269: 212: 91:University of Southern California 314:"The Risks Angela Flournoy Took" 552:21st-century American academics 497:21st-century American novelists 453: 434: 343:The Los Angeles Review of Books 137:'s strong sales: "According to 45:National Book Award for Fiction 408: 382: 356: 331: 306: 243: 179: 1: 512:Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni 363:Zoe Zolbrod (June 18, 2015). 173: 113:Trinity Washington University 43:and was shortlisted for the 7: 186:Ho, Jean (August 9, 2016). 49:PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize 30:is an American writer. Her 10: 578: 527:University of Iowa faculty 502:African-American novelists 102: 85:. Flournoy attended the 507:American women novelists 73:Early life and education 87:Iowa Writer's Workshop 47:, shortlisted for the 24: 22: 288:www.nationalbook.org 163:Zora Neale Hurston's 63:National Book Awards 41:First Novelist Award 537:Novelists from Iowa 395:The New York Times 126:The New York Times 109:University of Iowa 25: 339:"Angela Flournoy" 117:DC Public Library 53:NAACP Image Award 569: 477: 476: 474: 472: 457: 451: 450: 438: 432: 431: 429: 427: 412: 406: 405: 403: 401: 386: 380: 379: 377: 375: 360: 354: 353: 351: 349: 335: 329: 328: 326: 325: 310: 304: 303: 301: 299: 280: 267: 266: 264: 262: 247: 241: 240: 238: 236: 221: 210: 209: 207: 205: 183: 150:State Department 143:literary fiction 135:The Turner House 121:The Turner House 119:. 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debut novel
The Turner House
First Novelist Award
National Book Award for Fiction
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
NAACP Image Award
New York Times
National Book Awards
ZZ Packer
Los Angeles
Detroit
Iowa Writer's Workshop
University of Southern California
The Turner House
University of Iowa
Trinity Washington University
DC Public Library
The New York Times
BuzzFeed
Bookscan
literary fiction
State Department
The New Yorker
Zora Neale Hurston's
Mules and Men
"Diversity In Book Publishing Isn't Just About Writers — Marketing Matters, Too"
NPR
Archived

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