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    Lorraine Hansberry
    A Raisin in the Sun; To Be Young, Gifted, and Black; The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window...
  • Portait of George Ade
    George Ade
    Ade's Fables; In pastures New; Pink Marsh...
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    Donald Culross Peattie
    A natural history of North American trees; A book of hours; Diversions of the field...
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Renee James

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: James lives in the Chicagoland area.

Biography: Renee James is lives her life in two genders. She is a parent, grandparent, and spouse, and a war veteran, award-winning writer and editor, a licensed hairdresser, and an active member of the Chicago-area transgender community.

Awards:
  • Chicago Writers Association Indie Book of the Year Award for ''Coming Out Can Be Murder'' in 2012

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: renee@reneejamesauthor.com
Website: http://reneejamesauthor.com
Renee James on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=renee++james+

Selected Titles

  Coming out can be murder
ISBN: 9781935766285 OCLC: 807045623

 

 

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