How this Claremont author became a Red Hen Press award winner

When Esinam Bediako submitted the manuscript for her debut novel,

"Blood on the Brain,"

for consideration for the Ann Petry Award, she didn’t think she’d be in the running for the top prize. The prize, founded in 2020 by Pasadena-based Red Hen Press and the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance, awards $3,000 to a work of... read full story