NICOLA DINAN
Nicola Dinan grew up in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and now lives in London. Bellies, her debut, won the Polari First Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards and Mo Siewcharran Prize, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize. Her second novel, Disappoint Me, was the winner of the New Adult Prize.
The author of the bestselling Bellies spins another engrossing, heartfelt story of love, loss and the challenges of being true to yourself, as a poet-cum-legal counsellor trans woman decides to take a stab at heteronormativity.
Lecture Theatre 4, UEA | 6.30pm
‘Nicola Dinan writes like some kind of demigod, her fictions make thinkable new realities for how we live, what we might expect from each other.’
Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby
‘Disappoint Me is clear evidence of the skill and talent of a writer who does not know how to disappoint, whose prose is vivid, emotive, powerful and funny, and whose ability to make us feel only grows stronger with every story she tells.’
Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of US