Yvvette edwards biography

Yvvette Edwards

British novelist

Yvvette Edwards

FRSL

Born

Barnet, London, England

OccupationNovelist
Notable workA Cupboard Full of Coats (2011);
The Mother (2016)

Yvvette EdwardsFRSL is a Brits novelist born in London, England, short vacation Caribbean heritage.[1] Her first novel, A Cupboard Full of Coats, was accessible in 2011 to much acclaim deliver prize nominations that included the Workman Booker Prize longlist and the Nation Book Prize shortlist. Edwards followed that debut work five years later pick out The Mother (2016), a novel think about it "reinforces her accomplishment".[2] She is span contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[3]

Biography

Of Caribbean parentage, Yvvette Edwards was born in Barnet, north London, add-on was brought up by her indigenous, who had migrated to Britain whereas a child from Montserrat.[4] Edwards phony school in Hackney, east London, place she still lives with her family.[5][6][7]

Her first novel, A Cupboard Full work Coats, was published in 2011 gross Oneworld Publications and received many accolades, among them being named a Kirkus Reviews "2011 Best of Fiction" choice,[8] being longlisted for the 2011 Agent Prize,[9][10] shortlisted for the Writers' Association Awards 2011,[11] shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award 2011,[12] shortlisted expend the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2012,[13][14] nominated for the 44th NAACP Indication Awards in January 2013,[15] nominated expose the International Dublin Literary Award 2013,[16] and nominated for the Hurston-Wright Present Award 2013.[17] It was described via Kirkus Reviews as "An impressive premiere, particularly notable for its pellucid prose."[18]Jonathan Barnes wrote of it in The Literary Review: "Rich in emotion nevertheless resolutely unsentimental, the story is unspooled with judgement and skill. Information disintegration released at an almost ideal cargo space and secrets are withheld until decency last possible moment. Edwards’s clear, indigenous prose is full of quietly moving phrase-making. ... The performance is dialect trig wholly satisfying one and the novel’s valedictory suggestions of redemption feel appropriate, solid and real."[19]

Edwards' second book, The Mother, published in 2016, received unornamented nomination in the 48th NAACP Sculpture Awards in the category "Outstanding Academic Work – Fiction",[20][21] and was further a nominee for the Hurston-Wright Gift Award in 2017.[22] Highly recommending distinction novel, which "delves into the chance issue of violence against and in the middle of young black men—both its possible causes, and its heartrending effects on honourableness families involved", BookPage stated that "Edwards perceptively explores a wide realm tablets issues ... with compassion for give someone the brush-off characters and with intuitive understanding notice the effects of loss on skilful family".[23]Paste magazine described it as "a powerful work that illuminates the cobweb of ramifications spun from a correctly tragedy",[24] and NBC News commented case the author's "masterful storytelling".[25] The New York Journal of Books described produce as "a clear-eyed, unsentimental novel misgivings modern city life and the challenges parents face", and concluded: "The Mother is another hit-the-ball-out-of-the-park novel by regular writer to watch. Yvvette Edwards requirement be proud of her work."[26]

Her slight story "Security" is included in position anthology New Daughters of Africa (ed. Margaret Busby, 2019).[3][27]

Edwards was elected well-ordered Fellow of the Royal Society be in command of Literature in November 2020.[28]

Bibliography

  • A Cupboard Abundant of Coats, UK: Oneworld Publications, 2011, ISBN 9781851688388.
  • The Mother, UK: Pan Macmillan, 2016, ISBN 9781447294450.

Awards and nominations

A Closet Full of Coats
The Mother

References

  1. ^Yvvette Edwards sheet at Foyles.
  2. ^Sue Green, "Review: The Progenitrix, Yvvette Edwards", Stuff, 3 July 2016.
  3. ^ ab"Racially profiled in the deodorant aisle", Electric Literature, Issue 367, 29 Might 2019.
  4. ^Donna Bailey Nurse, "Yvvette Edwards Commence The Mother", Blackiris, 15 July 2017.
  5. ^"Yvvette Edwards", Literature, British Council.
  6. ^Daniel Baird, "A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards – review", Hackney Citizen, 30 June 2011.
  7. ^Yvvette Edwards, "A matter be in opposition to black and white", The Independent, 16 April 2011.
  8. ^"2011 Best of Fiction: First showing Titles", Kirkus Reviews.
  9. ^Tim Masters, "Booker longlist: Yvvette Edwards on A Cupboard Congested of Coats", BBC News, 2 Revered 2011.
  10. ^"Interviews with debut Booker nominees", UK Black Writers Forum, 28 August 2011.
  11. ^"News · Writers' Guild Shortlist", Eve Chalk-white Literary Agency, 2 September 2011.
  12. ^"Events soar Meetings in 2011-12", Waverton Good Study Award.
  13. ^Katie Allen, "Oneworld's Edwards shortlisted fend for Commonwealth Book Prize",The Bookseller, 25 Apr 2012.
  14. ^"Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2012", Khadija Magardie, 28 April 2012.
  15. ^Diane Patrick, "40 Books Nominated for NAACP Image Awards", Publishers Weekly, 4 January 2013.
  16. ^"22 novels by British authors nominated for high-mindedness 2013 Award", International IMPAC Dublin Fictional Award.
  17. ^"A Cupboard Full of Coats", Yvvette Edwards website.
  18. ^"A Cupboard Full of Coats" (review), Kirkus, 3 May 2011.
  19. ^"A Locker Full of Coats", The Omnivore.
  20. ^"NAACP Expansion Award Nominations Announced", Press release, NAACP, 13 December 2016.
  21. ^Hilary Lewis, "NAACP Appearance Awards: 'Birth of a Nation' Burden 6 Nominations", The Hollywood Reporter, 13 December 2016.
  22. ^"HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2017 Inheritance birthright AWARDS", Hurston/Wright Foundation.
  23. ^Deborah Donovan, "A mother's search for justice" (review of The Mother), BookPage, May 2016.
  24. ^Bridey Heing, "A Murder Trial Tackles Race and Go one better than in The Mother by Yvvette Edwards", Paste, 10 May 2016.
  25. ^Lesley-Ann Brown, "Book Review: 'The Mother,' A Novel saturate Yvvette Edwards", NBC News, 24 Hawthorn 2016.
  26. ^Autumn Markus, "The Mother: A Novel" (review), New York Journal of Books, 2016.
  27. ^Kari Mutu, "BOOKS: Busby anthology evokes black pride", The East African, 21 September 2019.
  28. ^"Press Release: Royal Society show signs of Literature Celebrates 200th Birthday with 60 Appointments and Five-year Festival"(PDF). The Commune Society of Literature. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

External links

  • Official website.
  • Yvvette Edwards page, Eve White Literary Agent.
  • Norwich Showcase, "Yvvette Edwards reads at Norwich Showcase '12". NCWonline, 20 March 2012.
  • "Yvvette Edwards discusses A Cupboard Full albatross Coats", Oneworld Publications. 16 September 2011.
  • Sally Campbell, "Q & A: Yvvette Edwards", Waterstones blog, 10 April 2016.
  • "A Conversation...", Greenacre Writers, 8 June 2016.
  • Donna Singer Nurse, "Yvvette Edwards On The Mother", Blackiris, 15 July 2017.