Ebony Magazine's Former Editor-in- Chief Pens Debut Novel, ‘If I Ruled the World’

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 18

A new book about the only Black editor on the staff of a prestigious fashion magazine revisits the world of hip-hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s. Former Ebony magazine editor-in-chief and author Amy Dubois Barnett discusses her debut novel, If I Ruled the World, which is being adapted into a hour-long drama series co-written by producer Lee Daniels.

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