NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Chanel Miller's next book after her prize-winning memoir 鈥淜now My Name鈥� will help fulfill a longtime dream 鈥� to write and illustrate children's stories.
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, announced Wednesday that Miller's 鈥淢agnolia Wu Unfolds It All鈥� will be released April 23. The publisher is calling the book a 鈥渇unny and poignant story of friendship and community鈥� centered on a New York City laundromat, a 10-year-old detective and the timeless mystery of missing socks.
鈥淚 crafted these characters because I was longing to move freely through the world with fearless curiosity, to refocus on life鈥檚 funny little miraculous moments," Miller said in a statement. "I was craving joy and they helped me find it.鈥�
The book will feature Miller's black and white drawings.
Miller was first known to the public as 鈥淓mily Doe,鈥� the anonymous victim of sexual assault whose widely read impact statement came out on the day in 2016 that her convicted attacker, Stanford University student Brock Turner, was sentenced to prison.
By 2019, she had revealed her name and completed her memoir, which won the National Book Critic Circle Award among other honors.
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This story has been corrected to show that the new book is 鈥淢agnolia Wu Unfolds It All," not 鈥淢agnolia Wu Unfolds It."
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