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#7. Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay is a novelist, poet, and playwright. She grew up in Glasgow, born to a Scottish mother and Nigerian father, but was adopted as an infant by a white family. Growing up, she only knew one other Black person (her own brother), and she struggled with identity and coming out to her parents as…
#6. Jen Brister
Jen Brister is a self-described “stand up comedian, writer, actor, dickhead.” She has written for BBC Scotland, presented for BBC 6 Music and Juice FM, and serves as a contributor to magazines and online sites including The Huffington Post, Diva, Standard Issue, and g3. Her debut book, The Other Mother, details the journey of her…
#5. Beatrice Hitchman
Beatrice Hitchman’s first novel, Petite Mort, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Polari Prize, the HWA Debut Prize and the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Prize. The book was adapted into a ten-part Woman’s Hour drama on Radio 4. Her second novel, All of You Every Single One, will be published in 2021. Beatrice was…
#4. Valerie Mason-John
Valerie Mason-John is an award-winning author of 8 books, including fiction and non-fiction works. She edited and co-wrote her first two books to document the lives of African and Asian lesbians in Britain: Making Black Waves (1994) and Talking Black (1995). Since then, she has published both poetry and prose, including the award-winning Canadian anthology…
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