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ⓘ About Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi is an American author of Ghanaian descent who is best known for ‘Homegoing’, her debut novel which not only won numerous awards following its release but it also earned the author a seven-figure book deal. +Biography Yaa Gyasi was born in 1989 in Mampong, Ghana to a University of Alabama (Huntsville) French professor by the names of Kwaku Gyasi, and a nurse. Her father’s work at Ohio State University (where he was completing his Ph.D.) saw the family move to the United States two years after Yaa’s birth. They lived in Illinois for a while before moving to Tennessee and finally settling in Huntsville, Alabama. Yaa Gyasi initially struggled with life in Alabama. Probably because of her status as an African immigrant, the author was a very shy child.
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Granta 139: Best of Young American Novelists 3
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2017
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Who is Yaa Gyasi?
Yaa Gyasi is an American author of Ghanaian descent who is best known for 'Homegoing’, her debut novel which not only won numerous awards following its release but it also earned the author a seven-figure book deal. +Biography Yaa Gyasi was born in 1989 in Mampong, Ghana to a University of Alabama (Huntsville) French professor by the names of Kwaku Gyasi, and a nurse. Her father’s work at Ohio State University (where he was completing his Ph.D.) saw the family move to the United States two years after Yaa’s birth. They lived in Illinois for a while before moving to Tennessee and finally settling in…
Which Yaa Gyasi series should I start with?
Yaa Gyasi's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Homegoing (2016).
How many books has Yaa Gyasi written?
Yaa Gyasi has 5 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2016 and 2020. They are filed under 2 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies and Standalone Novels.
In what order should Yaa Gyasi'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 Yaa Gyasi's books organised into series?
This guide splits Yaa Gyasi's 5 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (3 books); Standalone Novels (2 books).