Born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Gyasi is the author of the highly acclaimed novel "Homegoing" and a recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Novel. Gyasi’s stunning follow-up novel, "Transcendent Kingdom," is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about salvation, family progress and the immigrant experience. "Transcendent Kingdom" was an instant New York Times bestseller.