Fiona Zedde (born January 24, 1976) is the pen name of Jamaican-born American fiction writer Fiona Lewis . Her 2005 novel, Bliss, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for début Lesbian Fiction.[1]

Background

Lewis was born in Hampton Court, Jamaica, in 1976, an only child to Dorothy Lindsay and Danny Lewis. At the age of twelve, she moved to the United States with her mother and has lived there ever since. She received an M.F.A. in creative writing from San Diego State University.

Zedde is the author of six novels: Bliss, A Taste of Sin, Every Dark Desire, Hungry for It, Dangerous Pleasures, and Broken in Soft Places. She has also written three novellas: Pure Pleasure, Going Wild, and Sexual Attraction published in the collections Satisfy Me, Satisfy Me Again and Satisfy Me Tonight, respectively. Her first novel, Bliss, and the third, Every Dark Desire, were both finalists for the Lambda Literary Award. Her seventh novel, Desire at Dawn, will be published in June 2014.

Personal life

She is a lesbian.[2] Zedde lives in Madrid, Spain.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Outside the Lines: Black Lesbian Lit Archived 2010-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. AfterEllen.com, June 14, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Lesbian author Fiona Zedde bids farewell to ATL on April 30". 16 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Inc, Crowdcast. "House of Agnes: Fiona Zedde in conversation with Sheree L. Greer". Crowdcast. Retrieved 2022-08-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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