Angela Flournoy books

Angela Flournoy is an American novelist and National Book Award finalist known for The Turner House, a family saga set in Detroit.

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The Turner House 2015 Buy
The Wilderness 2025 Buy

Angela Flournoy is a fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she has taught at the University of Iowa, Princeton University, and UCLA.

Her debut novel, The Turner House (2015), was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. The novel follows the thirteen Turner siblings as they grapple with the fate of their family home on Detroit’s east side, worth only a fraction of its mortgage during the 2008 housing crisis. Her second novel, The Wilderness, followed in 2025.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Angela Flournoy written?

Angela Flournoy has written two books in one series.

What was Angela Flournoy's first book?

Angela Flournoy’s first book is The Turner House, published in 2015.

What is Angela Flournoy best known for?

She is best known for her debut novel The Turner House (2015), which was a National Book Award finalist and won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. The book follows a Detroit family of thirteen siblings as they decide the fate of their childhood home during the 2008 economic crisis.

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