Mazywood

S. A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett's Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous Black actress from the 1920s to the 1940s, now a filmmaker himself, who returns to his grandmother's cabin retreat in the California mountains only to encounter the legacy of her rage born in Old Hollywood.

Award-winning author Tananarive Due returns with the follow-up to the multi-award-winning The Reformatory in this generational novel of rage. With flashbacks to Johnny's grandmother--who brushed shoulders with giants like Lena Horne, Clark Gable, and Hattie McDaniel--this novel explores three generations, beginning with Mazelle Washington's life as a young actress. Fifty years after Mazelle's death, Johnny will discover the secret she kept and nurtured since she was a child, when she had a dark wish come true.

A monster lurks outside Mazywood, hidden for generations, and Johnny brought his family to its hunting grounds.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
Published: 09/22/2026
ISBN: 9781668075142
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.23d

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2026