Award winning novelist , Maaza Mengiste,  in conjunction with RWR's Fall's Biggest Book Bash discusses The Shadow King on Wednesday, October 28th at 7pm EDT.

Proceeds to benefit the RI Food Bank and Share Our Strength.

Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Maaza Mengiste received a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also a Fulbright Scholar and a professor at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, and a 2018 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lives in New York City.

RWR Presents Maaza Mengiste and The Shadow King