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Colson Whitehead is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve works of fiction and non-fiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award. A recipient of MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, he lives in New York City.
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