Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Trading Dreams at Midnight

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Neena's mother, Freeda, disappeared on a cold February morning in 1984, leaving the fifteen-year-old Neena and her younger sister, Tish, in the care of Nan, their stern grandmother. Two decades later, Neena—no...

Blues Dancing: A Novel

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

My aunt says if you smell butter on a foggy night you're getting ready to fall in love.

For the last twenty years, the beautiful Verdi Mae has led a comfortable life with Rowe, the conservative professor who...

Tempest Rising: A Novel

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Set in west Philadelphia in the early sixties, Tempest Rising tells the story of three sisters, Bliss, Victoria, and Shern, budding adolescents raised in a world of financial privilege among the upper-black-class....

Leaving Cecil Street

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

In one West Philadelphia neighborhood, families come together in celebration of unity and togetherness. Their block parties provide a union that serves as a backdrop for discovering the truth about themselves...