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Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, for Social Services and the Crown Prosecution Service. She is a founder member of Leather Lane Writers and Oxford Narrative Group and has won numerous awards for her short stories and flash fiction. MY NAME IS LEON, her debut novel won the Irish Novel of the Year 2017 and was shortlisted for numerous other awards including the Costa First Book Award and the Desmond Elliott Prize.
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Heart, Be at Peace (2024)
Donal Ryan
"It's all there. Donal's trademark big heart and understanding of what it is to be human, all of it on the page and somehow beyond it. I loved it from the first page to the last - there are more moments of genius in this book than I care to mention. Beautiful ... a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever."
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life (2022)
Paul Dalla Rosa
"Pitch perfect, with undercurrents of sorrow and angst."
Everyone is Still Alive (2021)
Cathy Rentzenbrink
"I love this book. Funny, wise and clever and full of honesty and kindness. It's a page-turner that makes you look at yourself and your relationships anew. A unique and generous novel about love, loss and friendship."
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