EP. 123 Jennifer N. Baker talks FORGIVE ME NOT and early environment

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Jennifer Baker was named the 2019 Publishers Weekly Star Watch “SuperStar” because her “varied work championing diversity in publishing has made her an indispensable fixture in the book business.” She is the recipient of a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship and a 2017 Queens Council on the Arts New Work Grant (as well as the QCA Jr. Board Artistic Excellence Award) in Nonfiction. Her essay “What We Aren’t” was also listed as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2018. On Its Personal, Jennifer chats about her debut YA, FORGIVE ME NOT, and all of its meanings. Jennifer shares her thought process around the story, and how the multiple themes within the story have an impact on today's world. Throughout this chat, Jennfier also dives into her childhood and explains some of her most memorable moments in school. Website: https://www.jennifernbaker.com/bio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbakernyc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbakernyc FORGIVE ME NOT: https://www.jennifernbaker.com/forgive-me-not-novel

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