Margaret Wilkerson Sexton | |
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| Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College; University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable work | A Kind of Freedom;The Revisioners |
| Awards | NAACP Image Award |
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton is an American novelist.[1]
Sexton was born and raised inNew Orleans, Louisiana. She studied creative writing atDartmouth College and law at theUniversity of California at Berkeley.[1]
She was a recipient of the Lombard Fellowship and spent a year in theDominican Republic working for a civil rights organization and writing.[1]
Her debut novel,A Kind of Freedom, made theNew York Times "100 Notable Books" list,[2] and the Editor's Choice list[3] in 2017. Her second novel,The Revisioners, was named one of the most anticipated books of fall 2019 byParade magazine.[4]
Sexton won the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of theAmerican Library Association,[5] and the Crook's Corner Book Prize forA Kind of Freedom.[6] She was also nominated for a 2017National Book Award by theNational Book Foundation.[7]
At the 2020NAACP Image Awards she was the winner in the Fiction category for her 2019 novelThe Revisioners.[8]
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