Diana Evans
| Diana Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Neasden, London |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
University of Sussex University of East Anglia |
| Period | 2005–present |
| Notable works | 26a |
| Notable awards |
Orange Award for New Writers 2003 Betty Trask Award 2005 deciBel Writer of the Year award 2006 |
| Website | |
| www |
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Diana Evans (born 1971), also known as Diana Omo Evans, is a British novelist, journalist and critic who was born and lives in London. She has written two full-length novels. Her first novel, 26a, published in 2005, won the Orange Award for New Writers, the Betty Trask Award and the deciBel Writer of the Year award. According to Diriye Osman in the Huffington Post: "Here was a Bildungsroman of such daring and sustained elegance that it felt like a gorgeous dance of a novel. In many ways, it is apropos that this book which focused on the secret bond that exists between twins was followed in 2009 by the equally masterful The Wonder, a novel rooted in the world of dance."
Also a journalist, Evans has written for publications including Marie Claire, The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times and Harper’s Bazaar.
Evans is the daughter of a Nigerian mother and an English father. She was born and grew up in Neasden, north-west London, with her parents and five sisters, one of whom was her twin. She also spent part of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria.
She completed a Media Studies degree at the University of Sussex. While in Brighton she was a dancer in the African dance troupe Mashango.
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