Little, Benilde

Benilde Little is the author of Welcome to My Breakdown, a memoir. She is the bestselling author of the novels Good Hair, The Itch, Acting Out and Who Does She Think She Is? She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence, Jet, People Magazine, Heart and Soul and More magazine, among many others. She has had numerous media appearances including NPR, the Today Show, and Tavis Smiley. The Go On Girl Book Club selected Good Hair as the best book of the year. Natalie Cole bought the film rights. Benilde's writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Honey Hush and About Face. She was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. A former reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Star Ledger, People and senior editor at Essence, she has been a creative writing professor at Ramapo College. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her husband, two children and dog. She is a graduate of Howard University and attended graduate school at Northwestern. She was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.

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