Diane McWhorter, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and was educated at Wellesley College, is a long-time contributor to The New York Times and writes for the Op-Ed page of USA Today. Her articles about race, politics, and culture have also appeared in Harpers, The Nation, The New Republic, Newsday, People, Talk, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other publications. Carry Me Home is her first book.

She lives in New York City.

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