Evette Dionne is an American culture writer. Her young adult debut Lifting As We Climb (Viking) was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Dionne was editor-in-chief of Bitch from 2018 until 2021. == Early life and education == Dionne was raised in New York. She initially matriculated at University of Maryland Eastern Shore and later transferred to the HBCU Bennett College, where she received her bachelor's degree in 2012. She later received her master’s deg…