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Oprah's latest book pick: debut novelist Ayana Mathis

Ayana Mathis

The author is "permanently stunned" that Winfrey chose 'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' ... Oprah Winfrey likes to surprise authors. So Ayana Mathis was purposely misled. She was told that the book editor of O: The Oprah Magazine wanted to talk to her briefly about Mathis' debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, about a troubled black family between 1923 and 1980.

 

Novelist's Debut Is Newest Pick for Oprah's Book Club

Ayana Mathis

It is a dream come true for a first-time novelist: a call from Oprah Winfrey with the news that your novel has been chosen for her book club. That dream recently came true for Ayana Mathis, the author of “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie” (Alfred A. Knopf). Ms. Winfrey announced Wednesday that she has chosen the novel for the book club famously associated with her former TV talk show. In response to the endorsement, the publishers increased the book’s first printing to 125,000 copies.

 

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