Brit Bennett

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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    October 2016
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett graduated from Stanford University and later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel, The Mothers, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for both the NBCC John Leonard First Novel Prize and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Her second novel, The Vanishing Half, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Women’s Prize, and named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times. Bennet has been named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, a NAACP Image Award Finalist, and one of Time’s Next 100 Influential People. Her essays have been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Paris Review, and Jezebel.

Multi-Author Series List

The American Girls Collection

Adventures with Claudie (Jun-2023)

Book List in Order: 4 titles

  • The Mothers

    A nationally bestselling novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community -- and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern...

  • The Vanishing Half

    From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always b...

  • Adventures with Claudie

    The American Girls Collection

    Claudie is traveling from Harlem to Georgia with Mama and Cousin Sidney to meet her grandmother and cousins for the first time. She hopes that learning her family's story will inspire her for the variety show she's planning to raise money to save the...

  • Meet Claudie

    This paperback is the introduction to the first 1920s character from American Girl and the first children’s book from NYT best-selling author Brit Bennett.Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead ...



Award-Winning Books by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half
2020 Goodreads Choice Award -- Historical Fiction
2020 Lolly Award -- Book of the Year
2020 Time -- Best Fiction Books


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brit Bennett has published 4 books.

The next book by Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Brit Bennett, The Mothers, was published in October 2016.

No. Brit Bennett does not write books in series.
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