Breena Clarke | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Webster College Howard University |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable awards | Alex Award (2000) |
Parents | James Sheridan Clarke Edna Payne Clarke |
Relatives | Cheryl Clarke (sister) |
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Breena Clarke is an African-American scholar and writer of fiction, including an award-winning debut novel River, Cross My Heart (1999). She is the younger sister of poet, essayist, and activist Cheryl Clarke, with whom she organizes the Hobart Festival of Women Writers each summer.[1]