Angela Flournoy

[4] Flournoy attended the Iowa Writer's Workshop and the University of Southern California.

[4] She started developing her first novel, The Turner House while attending the Iowa Workshop, where she frequently traveled to Detroit to visit her father's family.

"[8] BuzzFeed describes Flournoy as "the most lauded debut novelist in America," noting her many awards and honors, as well as The Turner House's strong sales: "According to Bookscan, which tracks around 70% of U.S. book sales, her book has sold over 15,000 copies in paperback and hardcover as of April [2016]; anything over 10,000 is generally considered high for literary fiction.

Flournoy canceled at short notice amid tensions with Iran and published a justification in The New Yorker.

[10] Flournoy attributes her understanding of character development to Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men.