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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    September 2019
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The Royal Diaries

19 - Anacaona: Golden Flower (Apr-2005)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be ...



  • Arriving one year after the Haitian-American's first novel (Breath, Eyes, Memory) alerted critics to her compelling voice, these 10 stories, some of which have appeared in small literary journals, confirm Danticat's reputation as a remarkably gifted ...



  • It is 1937 and Amabelle Désir, a young Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, has built herself a life as the servant and companion of the wife of a wealthy colonel. She and Sebastien, a cane worker, are deeply in love and plan to marry. Bu...



  • A second annual collection of multicultural short stories, essays, and poetry features the work of such writers as Julia Alvarez, Isabel Allende, Sherman Alexie, Walter Mosley, Lois Ann Yamanaka, Ai, and other notables. Simultaneous....



  • In five sections -- Childhood, Migration, Half/First Generation, Return, and Future -- the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their dyaspora, much like a butter...



  • A lyrical and poignant coming-of-age story about one girl's immigration experience, as she moves from Haiti to New York City, by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat.It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-a...



  • We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New Yor...



  • Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona.

    With her signature narrative grace, Edwidg...



  • From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imagination--a powerful tribute to Haiti and children around the world! Hope comes alive in this heartfelt and deeply resonating story. Whil...






  • A New York Times Notable BookA Miami Herald Best Book of the YearIn this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Prin...



  • The Last Mapou Written by: Edwidge Danticat Illustrated by: Edouard Duval-Carrié Grade Level: 3rd-5th grade In Haiti, the mapou (silk cotton) tree is a very symbolic national tree. Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat and renowned painter Edouard D...



  • From the best-selling author of Brother, I’m Dying and The Dew Breaker: a stunning new work of fiction that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing. Cla...



  • After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime storie...



  • SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GISELLE BOYER and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be. They are each other's strongest source of support even as their family life scents to be unraveling and their parents are considering divorce. Then the B...



  • MY MOMMY MEDICINE is a picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn't feeling well, from renowned author Edwidge Danticat. Whenever I am sick, Or just feel kind of gloomy or sad, I can always count on my Mommy Medicin...



  • From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Brother, I'm Dying, a collection of vividly imagined stories about community, family, and love. Rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity, set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to ...


Award-Winning Books by Edwidge Danticat

The Dew Breaker
2004 Story Prize -- Fiction Collection
Everything Inside: Stories
2019 National Book Critics Circle Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Edwidge Danticat has published 16 books.

Edwidge Danticat does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Everything Inside: Stories, was published in September 2019.

The first book by Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in April 1994.

No. Edwidge Danticat does not write books in series.