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National Book Foundation > Judge > Chair > Paula J. Giddings
Paula J. Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor, Africana Studies, at Smith College. She has published four books, including Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching–winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize in Biography and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. More about this author >
Paula J. Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor, Africana Studies, at Smith College. She has published four books, including Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching–winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize in Biography and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a member of PEN and serves on the board of the Authors League Fund and the Nation Institute.