Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett is a critically acclaimed American writer, celebrated for her bestselling novels and insightful essays that explore themes of identity and community. After gaining significant public attention in 2014 with her essay ‘I Don’t Know What to Do With Good White People,’ which garnered over one million views within three days on Jezebel, Brit Bennett went on to establish herself as a critically acclaimed, bestselling American writer. During her Master of Fine Arts program, Bennett earned the Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction and the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. Her debut novel, The Mothers, was released in 2016 by Riverhead Books and quickly became a New York Times bestseller.

The Vanishing Half was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick and was recognized as one of The New York Times’ ten best books of 2020. Further cementing its widespread critical acclaim and popularity, The Vanishing Half was shortlisted for the prestigious 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction and won the 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction. In a major move, HBO subsequently acquired the rights in 2020 to develop The Vanishing Half into a limited series, with Bennett attached as an executive producer, signifying her growing influence in screen adaptations of her work. Expanding her creative footprint beyond adult fiction, Bennett collaborated with American Girl in 2022 to co-create a new character, Claudie Wells, for their Historical Characters line.

She authored two acclaimed books in the series: Meet Claudie, published in 2022, and Adventures with Claudie, released in 2023. Her distinctive voice and ability to craft compelling narratives continue to resonate with a broad audience, securing her position as a leading literary talent with significant impact across publishing, film, and television.