Forgotten author who based Passing on her own life: Nella Larsen who was the ‘only non-white member of her family’ after her biracial father died saw her acclaimed career cut …

Set for release on Netflix next month, Passing is based on Nella Larsen’s work of the same name, which tells the story of two mixed race women living in 1920s New York – one of whom is ‘passing’ as wh …