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Candice Carty-Williams
British writer (born 1989)
Candice Carty-Williams (born 21 July 1989)[1] is a British writer, best known for her 2019 debut novel, Queenie.[2] She has written for publications including The Guardian, i-D, Vogue, The Sunday Times, BEAT Magazine, and Black Ballad,[3] and is a contributor to the anthology New Daughters of Africa (2019), edited by Margaret Busby.[4]
At the British Book Awards in June 2020 Carty-Williams became the first black woman to win the "Book of the Year" accolade, for her novel Queenie.[5]
Biography
Early life and education
Candice Carty-Williams was born in St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster, and grew up in South London, living at various times in Croydon,[6]Clapham, Streatham, Ladywell and Lewisham.[2] Her mother is of Jamaican-Indian heritage and her Jamaican father had come to Britain at the age of 16 and worked as a cab driver.
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