Breena Clarke (Fiction) is the author of two historical novels set in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Her debut novel, River, Cross My Heart (1999) was an October 1999 Oprah Book Club selection. Clarke’s critically reviewed second novel,Stand the Storm, is set in mid-19th century Washington, D.C. and was chosen by the Washington Post Book Review as one of 100 best for 2008. She is a graduate (B.F.A.) of Howard University. Breena Clarke is co-author with Glenda Dickerson of the playRemembering Aunt Jemina: A Menstrual Show, anthologized in Contemporary Plays by Women of Color and Colored Contradictions, An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Plays. Her short fiction is included in Black Silk, A Collection of African American Erotica, andStreet Lights: Illuminating Tales of the Urban Black Experience. Breena Clarke is an advisor to the board of A Room of Her Own Foundation and has offered writing workshops at AROHO retreats at Ghost Ranch in 2003, 2005 and 2011. She has recently completed a novel that is set in a mixed-race community in 19th century New Jersey.