Anita Doreen Diggs (born 1966 in New York City
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, and

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Biography

Diggs grew up in

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, where she attended public schools in the

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section of

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. She later worked as a senior editor at

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until 2002 and was a senior editor at

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. Diggs is also the author of four novels. She has written books on career advice and resources for

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. She teaches creative writing for Gotham Writers Workshop. She is also a writing mentor with the ''Creative Nonfiction'' mentoring program.

Works

Novels

* ''A Mighty Love'' (2003) *''A Meeting in the Ladies Room'' (2004) *''The Other Side of the Game'' (2005) *''Denzel's Lips'' (2006)

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Faculty Profile
Gotham Writers Workshop. 1966 births 21st-century American novelists African-American novelists Living people American editors Writers from New York City American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Novelists from New York (state) 21st-century African-American women writers 21st-century African-American writers 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women {{US-novelist-1960s-stub