Kristen Green

Kristen Green has worked as a journalist for two decades for papers including the Richmond Times-Dispatch, San Diego Union-Tribune, and the Boston Globe. THE DEVIL'S HALF ACRE is her second book. Her first book, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, was a New York Times bestseller. It won the Library of Virginia literary award for nonfiction and the people's choice award. Kristen is a graduate of Mary Washington College and has a master's in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School. She lives in Richmond, Va. with her husband and two daughters. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE REVIEWS "A gripping narrative"​ -New York Times​ "A gift to a new generation of readers"​ -The Washington Post "This intimate and candid account.... personalizes politics, jangles nerves and opens minds."​ -Richmond Times-Dispatch "Green's work brims with real-life detail from the journalist's eye and ear and joins the likes of Diane McWhorter's CARRY ME HOME in further developing the dimensions of the South's desegregation struggle"​ -Library Journal "Green feels compelled to stare down her past, and she does so with uncommon humanity."​ -New York 1 News "A potent introduction to a nearly forgotten part of the civil rights movement and a personalized reminder of what it was truly about."​ -Kirkus Reviews, (starred review) "Absorbing. . . . A merger of history both lived and studied."​ -Publishers Weekly "Green has rendered a deeply moving account of historical injustice and a personal search for redemption for her family's role in it."​ -Booklist, (starred review) "A vivid reminder of how things were, not so very long ago."​ -Harvard Magazine