About Dhonielle Clayton: Dhonielle Clayton spent most of her childhood under her grandmother’s dining room table with a stack of books. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side, but now lives in New York City. Clayton is the author of The Belles, The Everlasting Rose, Tiny Pretty Things, Shiny Broken Pieces, and A Universe of Wishes. Her forthcoming novels are BlackOut, Shattered Midnight, The Marvellers, and The Rumor Game. She holds an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University and an MFA Writing for Children at the New School. Clayton is also COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, an organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter: @brownbookworm, and you can find out more about her on 
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