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Now You Owe Me is NOW A Foreword INDIES finalist for Book of the Year!

Philadelphia native Aliah Wright worked her way through college as an editorial assistant for The Philadelphia Daily News, and as a stringer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A successful journalist, she spent her career working for a variety of news outlets. Those include The Associated Press, where she was a Political Correspondent, and at what is now known as Gannett | USA TODAY Network, where she was the Entertainment Editor for Gannett News Service. A Temple University graduate, she lives with her family just outside Philadelphia, where she’s plotting the next two novels in this series. She loves writing and traveling. This is her first novel.

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FABULOUS NEWS ABOUT NOW YOU OWE ME!

Hello my friends! Hope you are doing well, staying warm, and curling up with a good book!

I am simpy DELIGHTED to share that my thriller novel, “Now You Owe Me” (Red Hen Press), has been nominated for yet ANOTHER AWARD! This time by the Black Authors Association!

My critically-acclaimed book has been compared to works by NY Times bestselling authors Gillian Flynn, Karin Slaughter, and Tana French, I Read more of this blog post »

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Aliah Wright added a status update: Delighted to share “Now You Owe Me” (Red Hen Press), has been nominated for an award by the Black Authors Association! If you’re among the many, many people who read the book that’s been compared to works by NY Times bestselling authors Gillian Flynn, Karin Slaughter, and Tana French, I hope you’ll vote for it here: https://lnkd.in/e8jJyunR
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Aliah Wright made a comment in the group The book you like most — Currently reading? topic " The Intruder, by Freida McFadden. So I picked up an advance reader copy in New Orleans at Bouchercon, a conference for thriller writers. I spoke on a ...more "
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