Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer living in south-east London. His writing has been published in Litro. He was recently shortlisted for the Palm Photo Prize and the BBC National Short Story Prize 2020, and won the People's Choice prize. His debut novel, Open Water, is out next year.
Awards: Dylan Thomas (2024), SoA (2022), Nibbies (2022), NBA (2021) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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