A riotously smart and sassy coming-of-age story from the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other - beautifully repackaged for the next generation
Bernardine Evaristo, MBE, is the award-winning author of eight
books of fiction and verse fiction that explore aspects of the
African diaspora.
Her novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win
the Booker Prize in 2019, as well winning the Fiction Book of the
Year Award at the British Book Awards in 2020, where she also won
Author of the Year, and the Indie Book Award. She also became the
first woman of colour and black British writer to reach No.1 in the
UK paperback fiction chart in 2020.
In 2025 she was awarded the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution
Award. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in 2009 and an
OBE in 2020. Her writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio,
and she has edited and guest-edited national publications,
including The Sunday Time's Style magazine.
Bernardine is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University,
London, and President of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives
in London with her husband.
www.bevaristo.com
?Smart, imaginative, and readable . . . A rich farrago of
historical fact and outrageous fancy.? ("The New York Times Book
Review") A heroine of ancient times for the modern age... a
glittering fiction... brilliant.? ("The Times," London) A riotous,
racy whirl through Roman Londinium... Bernardine Evaristo has spun
a captivating tale in verse.? (Robert Fagles)
Smart, imaginative, and readable . . . A rich farrago of historical
fact and outrageous fancy. ("The New York Times Book Review") A
heroine of ancient times for the modern age... a glittering
fiction... brilliant. ("The Times," London) A riotous, racy whirl
through Roman Londinium... Bernardine Evaristo has spun a
captivating tale in verse. (Robert Fagles)
"Smart, imaginative, and readable . . . A rich farrago of
historical fact and outrageous fancy." ("The New York Times Book
Review") "A heroine of ancient times for the modern age... a
glittering fiction... brilliant." ("The Times," London) "A riotous,
racy whirl through Roman Londinium... Bernardine Evaristo has spun
a captivating tale in verse." (Robert Fagles)
"A riotous, racy whirl through Roman Londinium . . . Bernardine
Evaristo has spun a captivating tale in verse."
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