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Yaa Gyasi

Ghana (b.1989)

Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.

Awards: PEN (2017), NBA (2016), NBCC (2016) see all

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

Homegoing (2016)
Transcendent Kingdom (2020)

Awards

	2017 PEN/Hemingway Award : Homegoing
	2017 Granta Best of Young American Novelists
	2016 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 : Homegoing
	2016 John Leonard Prize for Best First Book : Homegoing

Award nominations

	2021 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : Transcendent Kingdom
	2018 British Book Award Debut Book of the Year (shortlist) : Homegoing
	2017 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (nominee) : Homegoing
	2017 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Homegoing
	2016 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction (second place) : Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi recommends

The Return of Faraz Ali (2022)
Aamina Ahmad
"A rich and deeply moving novel about confronting histories both personal and political. Marvelous."

Open Water (2021)
Caleb Azumah Nelson
"A love song to black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against black people."

A Burning (2020)
Megha Majumdar
"A BURNING is an excellently crafted, utterly thrilling novel full of characters that I won't soon forget. Megha Majumdar writes about the ripple effects of our choices, the interconnectedness of our humanity, with striking beauty and clarity. A stunning debut."

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