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Esi Edugyan

Canada

Esi Edugyan has degrees from the University of Victoria and Johns Hopkins University. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Best New American Voices 2003. Her debut novel, written when she was 25, The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, was published internationally. She currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Second Life of Samuel Tyne (2004)
   Half-Blood Blues (2011)
   Washington Black (2018)

Anthologies edited

The Journey Prize Stories 33 (2023) (with David Chariandy and Canisia Lubrin)

Series contributed to

Point in Time collection
4. We Are Bone and Earth (2022)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Esi Edugyan

Best New American Voices 2003 (2002)
edited by
Joyce Carol Oates

Award nominations

	2020 Dublin Literary Award (nominee) : Washington Black
	2019 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee) : Washington Black
	2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Washington Black
	2018 Booker Prize (shortlist) : Washington Black
	2012 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : Half-Blood Blues
	2012 Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : Half-Blood Blues
	2011 Booker Prize (shortlist) : Half-Blood Blues

Esi Edugyan recommends

The Paris Express (2025)
Emma Donoghue
"In exploring a little-remembered event in history, Emma Donoghue manages to hold a mirror up to a whole society, from its train porters to its members of parliament, and show that however much one tries to wrench life to conform to one's will, everyone is vulnerable to its shocks. What an absorbing, panoramic, meticulously researched, lovingly peopled gem. A huge privilege to get an early glimpse!"

When We Lost Our Heads (2022)
Heather O'Neill
"With irreverence and charm, O'Neill takes us into the vivid worlds of Sadie and Marie, unlikely friends who find themselves in the thrall of shared dark passions, threatening to destroy all they have come to know. When We Lost Our Heads is a lovely, uncanny take on the historical novel, told with O'Neill's trademark wit and empathy for human foibles."

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