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Claire Adam
BornPort of Spain, Trinidad
OccupationWriter
NationalityTrinidad & Tobago
Republic of Ireland
Notable worksGolden Child (2019)
Notable awardsDesmond Elliott Prize
McKitterick Prize

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

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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, England.[6] She earned an MA degree in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she began work on her first novel, Golden Child (2019), which was awarded the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel.[7] Golden Child also won the 2020 McKitterick Prize, the 2019 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award.[8]

Awards and recognition

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2019 Golden Child Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award Fiction Won [9]
Desmond Elliott Prize — Won [10][11]
2020 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award — Won [12][13]
Diverse Book Awards Adult 2nd Place [14][15]
Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award — Longlisted
Jhalak Prize — Longlisted [13][16]
McKitterick Prize — Won [17]

Works

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  • —— (2019). Golden Child (hardcover 1st ed.). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571339808.

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ Reid, Calvin. "Adam, Young Win B&N 2019 Discover New Writers Awards". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  10. ^ "Desmond Elliott Prize". National Centre for Writing | NCW. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  11. ^ "SJP for Hogarth Author Claire Adam Wins Desmond Elliott Prize for GOLDEN CHILD". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  12. ^ "Best First Novel Award". The Authors' Club Since 1891. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  13. ^ a b "Claire Adam Wins Authors Club Best First Novel Award". RCW Literary Agency. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  14. ^ "2020 WINNERS". The DB Awards. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  15. ^ locusmag (2020-07-31). "2020 Diverse Book Awards Longlist". Locus Online. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  16. ^ "2020". Jhalak Prize. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  17. ^ "McKitterick Prize - The Society of Authors". 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2024-09-07.



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