Hillary Jordan
publication date: Friday, August 5, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)
category: Literature
clue: This Dallas native confronts the muddy matter of skin color in her novels, quite literally in one sci-fi book.
explanation: Jordan wrote Mudbound about racism and When She Woke about criminals forced to change skin color. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Jesse King
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