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  • WINNER | 2021
    Christopher Award - Books for Adults
  • NOMINEE | 2021
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
  • FINALIST | 2021
    L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest)

Brittany Barnett Explains what drew her to Sharanda Jones

What I'm Reading: Brittany K. Barnett (author of A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Inside the Book: Brittany K. Barnett (A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Awards

  • WINNER | 2021
    Christopher Award - Books for Adults
  • NOMINEE | 2021
    NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
  • FINALIST | 2021
    L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest)

Media

Brittany Barnett Explains what drew her to Sharanda Jones

What I'm Reading: Brittany K. Barnett (author of A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

Inside the Book: Brittany K. Barnett (A KNOCK AT MIDNIGHT)

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You’re Invited: Join Us for a Big Ideas Night on the Crucial, Timely Topic of Criminal Justice Reform

Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 PM ET on Zoom for a crucial, timely Big Ideas Night on Criminal Justice Reform with a panel of expert authors: Brittany K. Barnett, attorney, entrepreneur, and author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom; Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine staff writer and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End

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Register for the 2021 Penguin Random House First-Year Experience® Conference Virtual Author Events!

Penguin Random House Author Events at the 40th Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 15-19, 2021 Click Here to RSVP PRH virtual events are open only to registered FYE® conference attendees. To register for the conference, click here. Once registered for the conference, be sure to sign up for each event that you plan to attend in advance to receive login

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