Brit BennettBrit Bennett grew up in Southern California and as a child was a fan of the American Girl character Addy. She earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times best seller, and her second novel he Vanishing Half was an instant number one New York Times best seller. Her essays have been featured in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the Paris Review, and Jezebel. Read More Read Less