Emily Raboteau (born 1976) is an American fiction writer, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the

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Early life

Raboteau grew up in

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, the daughter of

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professor Albert J. Raboteau. She received an undergraduate degree at

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and an MFA from

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Career

Raboteau graduated from

. She teaches at

. Her writing has been published in ''The Guardian'', ''The New York Times'', ''New York Review of Books'', ''Oxford American'', ''The Believer'', ''Guernica'', ''The'' ''Best American Short Stories'', '' The Best American Nonrequired Reading'', ''The'' ''Best American Mystery Stories'' and ''The Best African American Essays''. She has received the Pushcart Prize, the ''

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'''s Nelson Algren Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Literature Fellowship from the

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. Her

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''The Professor's Daughter'' was published in 2005. Her second book, ''Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora'', a work of

creative nonfiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contrasts ...

, was published in 2013 and won a 2014 American Book Award.

Personal life

Raboteau is married to novelist

Victor LaValle Victor LaValle (born February 3, 1972) is an American author. He is the author of a short-story collection, ''Slapboxing with Jesus'', and five novels, ''The Ecstatic,'' ''Big Machine,'' ''The Devil in Silver,'' '' The Changeling'', and ''Lone Wo ...

and lives in New York City. They have two children.

Works

* * ''Searching for Zion'', * .

References

External links

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