LaShonda K. Barnett

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Sarah Lawrence College (MA)
College of William & Mary (PhD) |awards=Stonewall Book Award (2016) }}

LaShonda Katrice Barnett (born May 27, 1974) is an American author, playwright, and former radio host. She has published short stories, edited books on African-American music, and written a trilogy of full-length plays.

Her 2015 debut novel ''Jam on the Vine'' received a Stonewall Book Award by the American Library Association (2016). The novel courses the life of African American journalist Ivoe Williams. The book was named a finalist in the lesbian fiction category at the 2016 Lambda Literary Awards.

Barnett's short fiction appears in numerous anthologies and in literary journals such as ''The Chicago Tribune'' ("Printer's Row"), ''Callaloo'', ''Gemini Magazine'', ''Guernica Magazine'', ''Foglilfter Journal'', ''Peacock Journal'', and Amherst College's ''Common Literary Magazine'', among other publications. Provided by Wikipedia