Walton's book will transport you to New York City's 1970s rock 'n' roll scene. If you've finished our "GMA" Book Club pick this month and are craving something else to read, look no further than our ...

I knew from all the buzz about The Final Revival of Opal & Nev that it's a work of fiction by first-time novelist Dawnie Walton. But after I started her book, I had to stop and double check to make ...

A music journalist with a special connection to her subjects researches a key moment in the past in Dawnie Walton's inventive and provocative debut novel, "The Final Revival of Opal & Nev." In 2015, S ...

The new novel by Dawnie Walton is a captivating read. Immerse yourself into The Final Revival of Opal & Nev this summer while chilling by the pool or lounging on the beach. Opal is a fiercely ...

“The Final Revival of Opal & Nev,” written by Dawnie Walton, has been chosen for the 2022 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford announced on Sunday.

Walton’s spectacular debut pulls off a polyphonic oral history of a fictional proto-Afro-punk performer and her white musical partner. The novel begins with the sensational origin story of unlikely ...

Leave it to a fiery soul legend to make a low-key TMI anthem. Before tell-all memoirs by Cybill Shepherd or Karrine Stefans, Betty Davis, who died in February at 77, put no less an eminence than Miles ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

Dawnie Walton was working as the deputy managing editor at Essence in 2015 when she decided to leave her job to become a novelist. "I had been writing on the sort of edges of my day, waking up at 5:00 ...