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Natashia Deón

1978–

United States

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Natashia Deón (born December 6, 1978) is an American novelist, attorney, and activist. She was an NAACP Image Awards Nominee for her debut novel, Grace, which also won the 2017 American Library Association's Black Caucus Award for Best Debut Fiction and was named one of The New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2016 by critic Jennifer Senior. Her second novel, The Perishing, was released on November 1, 2022 and received many accolades including being on multiple lists for favorite books of 2022.

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