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/black-cake More Bookreporter Talks To: The Overnight Guest: https://youtu.be/Ntk48vRRPgw The Other Family: https://youtu.be/LRXLFF-Vh18 The Cage: https://youtu.be/Ef9yeUqu418 Check out our Bookaccino Book Club live events! William Kent Krueger: https://youtu.be/dX-mHWLmv5k Jim DeFede: https://youtu.be/y2im_W_wGsw Sign up for the weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter here: http://tbrnetwork.com/newsletters/bookreporter-weekly-newsletter-subscribe FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookreporter Website: https://www.bookreporter.com Photography Credit: Greg Fitzgerald