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Denene Millner

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Born

in Queens, The United States

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Fiction, Children's, Memoir

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October 2008

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Denene Millner is a six-time New York Times best-selling author, Emmy Award-nominated TV show host and award-winning journalist and book publisher who has written more than 30 books, among them: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, co-written with Steve Harvey; Around the Way Girl, a memoir with actress Taraji P. Henson; the Fresh Princess picture books, with Will Smith; and, The Vow, the novel on which the hit Lifetime movie, “With This Ring,” was based. The writer and editor is also the editorial director and publisher of Denene Millner Books, an award-winning imprint that publishes stories featuring Black children and families, by Black authors and illustrators. The DMB list includes two Caldecott Honor books, a Kirkus Prize for Children’s ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 12,560 ratings · 1,688 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Blood 4.13 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2023 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hotlanta (Hotlanta, #1) by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Mitzi Miller 4.26 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Salini Perera (Illustrator), Monique Aimee (Letterer) 4.30 avg rating — 493 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss You, Mina (Candy Apple #26) 4.03 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vow by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Angela Burt-Murray (Goodreads Author), Mitzi Miller 3.81 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fresh Princess by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Gladys Jose (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Only You Knew (Hotlanta, #2) by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Mitzi Miller 4.38 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Early Sunday Morning (Denene Millner Books) by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrations) 3.98 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamgirls by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Bill Condon (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Goes Around (Hotlanta, #3) by Denene Millner (Goodreads Author), Mitzi Miller 4.35 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hotlanta (3 books)
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“They were talking in circles, and he could not hear her over his anger and defensiveness and ego - over his aggressive need to frame the narrative. For eight years, she was human scaffolding, doing this rickety, dangerous, exhausting work all around his frame while he stretched toward the sky, this inanimate object trying to be glorious, but busy casting shadows on all that surrounded it. On her. She couldn’t do it anymore. Finally, Rae had come to an understanding with herself that she wasn’t obligated to.”
― Denene Millner, One Blood

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“My blood flows back to my enslaved ancestors. My blood flows through everything, everyone.”
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“Ain’t nothing wrong with hard work or a healthy respect for the things it brings you.”
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