Claire Adam
Born
Port of Spain, Trinidad
NationalityTrinidad & Tobago, Republic of Ireland
OccupationWriter
Known forHer novel Golden Child was selected by the BBC as "one of the 100 novels that shaped our world".

Claire Adam is a Trinidadian author whose first novel Golden Child triggered critical acclaim.[1][2][3]

On 5 November 2019, the BBC News listed Golden Child on its list of the 100 most influential novels.[2]

Biography

Claire Adam was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the youngest of four children of her Trinidadian father and Irish mother.[4]

Leaving Trinidad at the age of 18,[4] Adam went to the US where she studied Physics at Brown University.[5] She then lived for some years in Italy and Ireland, before settling in London.[6] She earned an MA degree in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she began work on her first novel, Golden Child, which was awarded the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel.[7] Golden Child also won the McKitterick Prize 2020, the Barnes & Noble 2019 Discover New Writers Prize, and was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Edinburgh Festival First Book Award.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (3 January 2019). "Golden Child by Claire Adam review – which son would you choose?". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts". BBC News. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019. The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of literature.
  3. ↑ Debbie Jacob (21 October 2019). "Honest, raw look at Trinidad". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 10 November 2019. Then I discovered the Trinidadian novel that will haunt me forever. Golden Child, by Claire Adam, is the novel I have been waiting to read since Miguel Street. I certainly don't wish to discount all the great novels that define TT, but what makes this novel special and different is that it is truly an international novel that just happens to be set in Trinidad.
  4. 1 2 Laughlin, Nicholas (January–February 2019). "Claire Adam: 'I've always felt, ask me where I'm from!' | Own words". Caribbean Beat (155). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Claire Adam". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Claire Adam". Writers Mosaic. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Claire Adam". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Participants | Claire Adam". Bocas Lit Fest. Retrieved 31 October 2022.



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