Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett (born 1990) is an American novelist whose second novel *The Vanishing Half* (2020) debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list and was named one of the best books of 2020 by over 50 publications. Born in Los Angeles and educated at Stanford and the University of Michigan's MFA program, she published her debut novel *The Mothers* (2016) — a story of grief, community, and secret in a Black Southern California church community — to wide critical acclaim at age 25. *The Vanishing Half* follows identical twin sisters who diverge radically — one passing as white, one remaining in her Black community — and explores how race, identity, and choice intersect across generations. Bennett is among the most celebrated young American novelists examining race, class, and the multiplicity of Black American experience. Brit Bennett lived b. 1990.