Maxine Beneba Clarke
Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer and illustrator of Afro-Caribbean descent.
Born in Sydney, Australia to Black British parents, Clarke grew up in Kellyville. Her memoir, The Hate Race, details incidences of racism she and her siblings endured growing up in the mostly white suburb.
Clarke attended the University of Wollongong, earning a Bachelor of Creative Arts and a law degree. Clarke's debut book was a poetry collection in 2008, which she has followed with short stories, an...