Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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<p>Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the author of the <em>New York Times </em>bestselling novel <em>Wench</em>. In 2011 she was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She was also awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She lives in Washington, D.C. @Dolen / dolenperkinsvaldez.com</p>