Victoria Christopher Murray is the New York Times and USA Today best selling author of more than 30 novels including two she co-wrote with Marie Benedict: The Personal Librarian about the remarkable story of J.P. Morgan's personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who hid her true identity to leave a lasting legacy and The First Ladies about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune - an unlikely friendship that changed the world. Her latest book, Harlem Rhapsody was released February 4, 2025, and is inspired by the life of Jessie Redmon Fauset, the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance. With more than 3 million books in print, Victoria is one of the country's top African American contemporary authors.
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