← Dolen Perkins-ValdezWenchby Dolen Perkins-ValdezHistorical novel about enslaved women in antebellum America fighting for freedomFind on Amazon↗About the authorDolen Perkins-ValdezAmerican novelist whose debut Wench, set on an antebellum slave resort, became a bestseller. Her subsequent novels explore Black American history with emotional depth. She is an important voice in African American historical fiction.More by Dolen Perkins-ValdezBalmPost-Civil War novel exploring healing and reconciliation among formerly enslaved women→Take My HandNovel about eugenics, forced sterilization, and medical racism in twentieth-century America→
