1928–2014
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Zalika Reid-Benta
Biography
Canada
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Zalika Reid-Benta is a Canadian author. Her debut novel River Mumma was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and her debut short story collection Frying Plantain won the 2019 Danuta Gleed Literary Award and 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. River Mumma is a magical realism novel inspired by Jamaican folklore.
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