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    Maaza Mengiste

    Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Maaza Mengiste received a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also a Fulbright Scholar and a professor at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, and a 2018 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lives in New York City.

    Maaza Mengiste

    Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Maaza Mengiste received a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also a Fulbright Scholar and a professor at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, and a 2018 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lives in New York City.

    Awards

    Shortlisted — Dayton Literary Peace Prize, 2011

    Shortlisted — Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, 2010

    Books by Maaza Mengiste

    • Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel

      Maaza Mengiste

      Paperback, 2010

      "An important novel, rich in compassion for its anguished characters." —The New York Times Book Review

    • The Shadow King: A Novel

      Maaza Mengiste

      Paperback, 2020

      Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and named a best book of the year by the New York Times, NPR, Elle, Time, and more, The Shadow King is an “unforgettable epic from an immensely talented...

    • Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel

      Maaza Mengiste

      E Book, 2011

      "An important novel, rich in compassion for its anguished characters." —The New York Times Book Review

    • The Shadow King: A Novel

      Maaza Mengiste

      E Book, 2019

      Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and named a best book of the year by the New York Times, NPR, Elle, Time, and more, The Shadow King is an “unforgettable epic from an immensely talented...

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