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Bernardine Evaristo

(b.1959)

Bernardine Evaristo was born in London to an English mother and Nigerian father. The fourth of eight siblings, she was raised in Woolwich, South London, and originally trained as an actress and worked in theatre.

Novels

   Lara (1997)
   The Emperor's Babe (2001)
   Soul Tourists (2005)
   Blonde Roots (2008)
   Mr Loverman (2013)
   Girl, Woman, Other (2019)

Collections

Island of Abraham (poems) (1993)
How Much the Heart Can Hold (2016) (with Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla and D W Wilson)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2010
Hello Mum (2010)

Anthologies edited

Nw15 (2007) (with Maggie Gee)
Ten (2010) (with Daljit Nagra)

Awards

	Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (2009) : Blonde Roots
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2019) : Girl, Woman, Other

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