Meridian has sold over 120,000 copies in paperback. From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Color Purple This is Meridian's first outing on the Phoenix list and we intend to give the entire Alice Walker backlist a stunning new look that is right up to date and will bring her wonderful writing to a new generation of readers 'A fine, taut novel...A lean book that goes down like clear water. Remarkable' Marge Piercy, New Yorker 'Though Walker writes of an individual, you almost feel the story of a nation is being told. Meridian is the story of love, courage and discrimination' Pride 'Beautifully presented and utterly convincing' New Yorker 'A classic novel' Ms

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer prize and the American Book Award for The Color Purple. She is the author of many bestselling novels, essays and collections of poetry including Meridian, By the Light of My Father's Smile and The Third Life of Grange Copeland.