Charmaine Wilkerson: Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson, an award-winning short fiction writer, talks to Carol Fitzgerald about her debut novel, BLACK CAKE, which is a Bookreporter Bets On selection and a Today Show Read With Jenna book. After their mother's death, Byron and Benny are left a voice recording from their mother and a black cake that is not to be eaten until they finish listening. The children are taken on a journey into their mysterious family history. Charmaine talks to Carol about how she approached the novel with small snippets of ideas, which came together to weave a larger story. They discuss her characters - how she discovered them and where she took them. And yes, they talk about the preparation of a black cake. BLACK CAKE by Charmaine Wilkerson https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/... More Bookreporter Talks To: The Overnight Guest:    • Heather Gudenkauf: The Overnight Guest   The Other Family:    • Wendy Corsi Staub: The Other Family   The Cage:    • Bonnie Kistler: The Cage   Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events! William Kent Krueger:    • "Bookaccino Live" Book Group with William ...   Jim DeFede:    • "Bookaccino Live" Book Group with Jim DeFede   Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter here: http://tbrnetwork.com/newsletters/boo... FOLLOW US Facebook:   / bookreporter   Website: https://www.bookreporter.com Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald