Frying Plantain

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Price
$16.95  $15.76
Publisher
Astoria
Publish Date
Pages
272
Dimensions
5.25 X 8.01 X 0.55 inches | 0.65 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781487005344

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About the Author
ZALIKA REID-BENTA is a Toronto-based writer whose debut short story collection, Frying Plantain, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Frying Plantain was also nominated for the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award presented by the Ontario Library Association; appeared on must-read lists from Bustle, Refinery29, and Chatelaine to the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and more; and was listed as one of Indigo's Best Books of the Year. Zalika is the winner of the ByBlacks People's Choice Award for Best Author, was the June 2019 Writer in Residence for Open Book, and was named a CBC Writer to Watch. She received an MFA in fiction from Columbia University, was a John Gardner Fiction Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and is an alumnus of the Banff Centre Writing Studio. Zalika is currently working on a young-adult fantasy novel drawing inspiration from Jamaican folklore.