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Yaa Gyasi

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Mampong, Ghana

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YAA GYASI was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.

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Average rating: 4.36 · 553,908 ratings · 61,292 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Homegoing 4.47 avg rating — 390,418 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transcendent Kingdom 4.10 avg rating — 159,489 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times (Contributor), Caitlin Roper (Editor) 4.61 avg rating — 23,458 ratings — published 2019 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yaa Gyasi Bestselling 2 Books Set - Homegoing; Transcendent Kingdom 4.45 avg rating — 1,847 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases by Michael Chabon (Editor), Ayelet Waldman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ann Patchett 4.22 avg rating — 1,512 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Granta 139: Best of Young American Novelists 3 by Sigrid Rausing (Editor), Jesse Ball (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Halle Butler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.48 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ein erhabenes Königreich by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Más allá de mi reino [Trascendent Kingdom] by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author), Juanita Delgado Jaramillo (Narrator), Eduardo Adrián Hojman Altieri really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Heimkehren & Ein erhabenes Königreich: Zwei Romane in einem Band by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author), Anette Grube (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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