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  • WINNER | 2021
    Christopher Award - Books for Adults
  • NOMINEE | 2021
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
  • FINALIST | 2021
    L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest)

What I'm Reading: Brittany K. Barnett (author of A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Inside the Book: Brittany K. Barnett (A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Brittany Barnett Explains what drew her to Sharanda Jones

Awards

  • WINNER | 2021
    Christopher Award - Books for Adults
  • NOMINEE | 2021
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
  • FINALIST | 2021
    L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest)

Media

What I'm Reading: Brittany K. Barnett (author of A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Inside the Book: Brittany K. Barnett (A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Brittany Barnett Explains what drew her to Sharanda Jones

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