Attica Locke

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES 2023-2024 WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE ATTICA LOCKE

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Friday, September 22, 2023
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M University proudly announces the appointment of Attica Locke as its 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program. Locke, a distinguished American fiction author and acclaimed writer-producer for television and film, will be formally introduced on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at 11 a.m. in PVAMU's Don K. Clark Building Auditorium.

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  • PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prairie View A&M University proudly announces the appointment of Attica Locke as its 2023-2024 Writer-in-Residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program.
  • Attica Locke is Prairie View A&M University's third writer-in-residence for the Toni Morrison Writing Program.
  • Locke is renowned for her award-winning literary works, including "The Exile's Lament" and her critically acclaimed debut novel, "Black Water Rising."
  • "Having Attica Locke as our 2023-2024 Toni Morrison Writing Program Writer-in-Residence is a winner for our students.

Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2018 Edgar Award Winners

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Friday, April 27, 2018
Literature, American literature, Attica Locke, Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann, Edgar Award, Osage Nation, Osage Indian murders, Mystery Writers of America, Mystery fiction

NEW YORK, April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017.

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  • NEW YORK, April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners of the 2018 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2017.
  • The Edgar Awards were presented to the winners at our 72nd Gala Banquet held on April 26, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
  • Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown & Co./Mulholland Books)
    Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Penguin Random House Doubleday)
    Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson (W.W. Norton & Company)
    "The Queen of Secrets" New Haven Noir by Lisa D. Gray (Akashic Books)