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. Her
writing spans reviews, essays, drama and radio, and she has edited
and guest-edited national publications, including The Sunday Time's
Style magazine. Her other awards and honours include an MBE in
2009. 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
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