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ⓘ About Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is a bestselling author who made her debut in 2010 with the release of Wench: A Novel. She is a former finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She earned many other honors during her career. She was a 2009 finalist for the Robert Olen Butler Fiction Award. Dolen also received the First Novelist Award in 2011 for Wench by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She was also a president’s postdoctoral fellow at the Center for African American Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles and received a DC Commission on the Arts Grant to aid in completion of her second novel. The author attended Harvard College where she earned her BA degree.
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Who is Dolen Perkins-Valdez?
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is a bestselling author who made her debut in 2010 with the release of Wench: A Novel. She is a former finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction. She earned many other honors during her career.
Which Dolen Perkins-Valdez series should I start with?
Dolen Perkins-Valdez's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Wench (2009).
How many books has Dolen Perkins-Valdez written?
Dolen Perkins-Valdez has 5 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2025. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Dolen Perkins-Valdez's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 5 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Dolen Perkins-Valdez's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dolen Perkins-Valdez's 5 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (5 books).