![]() ![]() ![]() The coming of age story follows Birdie's struggle for identity and her search for the missing parts of her family. Senna's first novel, Caucasia (1998), is narrated by a young biracial girl, Birdie Lee, who is taken into the political underground by her mother, and forced to live under an assumed identity. She earned an MFA in creative writing from University of California, Irvine, where she began and completed her first novel, Caucasia, which won several awards and became required reading for many college courses. Senna attended Brookline High School and Stanford University. Senna's maternal grandmother is Irish actress and playwright Mary Manning, who acted for Dublin's Gate Theatre. Growing up, Senna divided her time between her mother and father's homes. ![]() They married in 1968, the year after interracial marriage became legal, and Senna was born in 1970. Her parents are the poet and novelist Fanny Howe, who is white, and the editor Carl Senna, who is black. Early life and education ĭanzy Senna was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the middle of three children. ![]() She is a professor of English at the University of Southern California. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Vogue and The New York Times. She is the author of five books and numerous essays about gender, race and motherhood, including her first novel, Caucasia (1998), and her most recent novel, New People (2017). Danzy Senna is an American novelist and essayist. ![]()
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