Avery RussellAvery Russell was a program officer for thirty years and director of publications at Carnegie Corporation of New York, the grant-making foundation, where she produced major reports and articles for the public. The author of a Moroccan memoir and dozes of short stories, this is her first novel. Born in North Carolina, she is the daughter of the journalist, teacher, and biographer, Charles Phillips Russell, and niece of the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, Paul Green. Read More Read Less