Danzy Senna is the author of six critically acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel, Caucasia, won the Book-of-the-Month Club's Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction. Her other books include the novels Symptomatic and New People, as well as the story collection You Are Free. Senna’s most recent novel, Colored Television, was a national bestseller, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a New York Times Notable Book of 2024. She is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California.