Elizabeth Maguire

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Elizabeth Maguire


Born
December 12, 1958

Died
April 08, 2006


Elizabeth Maguire (1958-2006) was born in New York City and had a distinguished twenty-five year career as an editor and publisher. She nurtured numerous prize-winning books and was especially known as a champion of African-American nonfiction and for her deep commitment to African-American writers. Maguire published one novel, Thinner, Blonder, Whiter (2003), during her lifetime. She had just completed her second novel, The Open Door, at the time of her death from ovarian cancer.

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Race Rules: Navigating The ...

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The Open Door: A Novel of C...

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Thinner, Blonder, Whiter: A...

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“Very social people tend to be lonely.”
Elizabeth Maguire, The Open Door: A Novel of Constance Fenimore Woolson

“Have you ever been heartbroken to finish a book? Has a writer kept whispering in your ear long after the last page is turned?”
Elizabeth Maguire, The Open Door: A Novel of Constance Fenimore Woolson
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