Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she held a Dean’s Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in New York City. Photo: © Michael Lionstar source: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2117741/yaa-gyasi
Yaa Gyasi
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- Dec. 24, 1989