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Nicole Dennis-Benn

Nicole Dennis-Benn

Keynote Speaker: Award-Winning Author Known for "Here Comes the Sun"

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Nicole Dennis-Benn Biography

Nicole Dennis-Benn is the author of "Here Comes The Sun," a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a 2017 Lambda Literary Award winner, and the Bestselling novel, "Patsy," which is a 2020 Lambda Literary Award winner, a New York Times Editors' Choice, a Financial Times Critics Choice, a Stonewall Book Awards Honor Book, and a Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club selection. "Patsy" has been named Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, TIME, NPR, PEOPLE Magazine, Washington Post, Apple Books, Oprah Magazine, The Guardian, Goodhousekeeping, BuzzFeed, ELLE, among others.

In addition to being a two-time Lambda Literary Award Winner for her novels, Dennis-Benn is a recipient of the National Foundation for the Arts Grant. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize; and has recently been long-listed for The Pen/Faulkner Award in Fiction and short-listed for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Elle, BuzzFeed, Electric Literature, Lenny Letter, The Rumpus, Catapult, Red Rock Review, and Kweli Literary Journal, Mosaic, Ebony, and the Feminist Wire. She has previously taught in the writing programs at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU, Sarah Lawrence College, and City College; and has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, Lambda, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Hurston/Wright, and Sewanee Writers' Conference.

Dennis-Benn was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. She is a graduate of St. Andrew High School for Girls and Cornell University; and holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Dennis-Benn is the founder of the Stuyvesant Writing Workshop and lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York.

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Nicole Dennis-Benn Videos

Nicole Dennis-Benn speaking at Ms. Magazine with Carmen Rios
Critical Caribbean Feminisms: Erna Brodber and Nicole Dennis-Benn
Working-class people need to be seen, says Nicole Dennis-Benn

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Nicole Dennis-Benn is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Social Activism, Diversity, Black Heritage, Literary and Writing.

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Nicole Dennis-Benn generally travels from Brooklyn, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Nicole Dennis-Benn is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Social Activism and Diversity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Nicole Dennis-Benn for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Nicole Dennis-Benn generally travels from Brooklyn, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michelle Duster, Alaina E. Roberts and Randi Pink. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Nicole Dennis-Benn for an upcoming event.

Nicole Dennis-Benn Videos

Nicole Dennis-Benn speaking at Ms. Magazine with Carmen Rios
Critical Caribbean Feminisms: Erna Brodber and Nicole Dennis-Benn
Working-class people need to be seen, says Nicole Dennis-Benn
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