Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo is one of eight siblings born in London to an English mother and a Nigerian father. An award- winning writer, she is the author of three critically acclaimed novels-in-verse, has coedited Granta’s New Writing 15, and has written for a wide variety of print, radio, and media including The Guardian, Times (London), BOMB magazine, and the BBC. The recipient of several awards, most recently a NESTA Fellowship Award, Evaristo is a fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Literature as well as of the Royal Society of Arts.