Today, Sharon Dennis Wyeth, who wrote Evette: The River and Me, shared a photo from an event featuring African-American authors back in February - and also in the picture, to the left of Sharon (in the middle), is Denise Lewis Patrick, who wrote Makena: See Me, Hear Me Know Me!
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