Meet Danzy Senna!
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The daughter of a black father and a white mother, both writers and activists in the Civil Rights Movement, Senna grew up in Boston and attended Stanford University. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine, where she received several creative writing awards. She lives in New York City.
Senna has written extensively about issues of identity and race in the United States and has appeared on numerous television shows including Matters of Race that appeared on PBS in 2003. Her first novel, Caucasia, was first published in 1998 and has received numerous awards. Senna's most recent book is Symptomatic.
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From Bloomsbury.com:
Senna said, "I wrote Caucasia in part to grapple with the problem of race -- which is essentially the problem of the spirit in the material world. I wanted to explore the constructedness of race through the eyes of a character who, like myself, is 'everything and nothing' all at once. What has become clear to me through my racial trials and tribulations, is that at some point you do make a choice -- not between white and black, but between silence and speech. Do you let your body talk for you, or do you speak for yourself? Through fiction, I have found a way to speak for myself -- and to embrace the contradictions that define my world."
To read more about Danzy Senna's inspiration for Caucasia click here
Note: Caucasia was released in Great Britain as From Caucasia, with Love.