![]() ![]() Deón is not merely another new author to watch. And her style is so visual it plays tricks on the imagination - did I just watch that scene? Or did I read it? Ms. She writes with her nerves, generating terrific suspense. Her emotional range spans several octaves. "With her debut novel, Grace, Natashia Deón has announced herself beautifully and distinctively. She has been featured in TIME Magazine, People Magazine, Red Book, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, American Short Fiction, Buzzfeed and other places. A PEN America Fellow, Deón has also been awarded fellowships and residencies at Yale, Prague's Creative Writing Program, Dickinson House in Belgium and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Deón’s new novel, The Perishing, is due in stores Nov. She is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, GRACE, which was named a Best Book by the New York Times and awarded Best Debut Novel by the American Library Association's Black Caucus in 2016. Natashia Deón is an NAACP Image Award Nominee, practicing criminal attorney and Creative Writing Professor for UCLA and Antioch University. ![]()
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