Nicole Dennis-Benn

About The Author

Nicole Dennis-Benn has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, MacDowell, Lambda and the Sewanee Writers Conference. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she lives with her wife in Brooklyn, New York, where she teaches writing. In 2018, she was named as an NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction, awarded by the New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. Here Comes the Sun is her first novel. It won the Lambda Literary Award, and was a finalist for the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize.

www.nicoledennisbenn.com

Books by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Patsy

Winner of the LAMBDA Literary Award 2020

By Nicole Dennis-Benn
'Nicole Dennis-Benn is a treasure.' Nikesh Shukla, author of The One Who Wrote Destiny

FROM AN AWARD-WINNING JAMAICAN NOVELIST COMES THIS BEAUTIFULLY LAYERED PORTRAIT OF MOTERHOOD, IMMIGRATION AND SACRIFICE
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Here Comes the Sun

'Stuns at every turn' - Marlon James

By Nicole Dennis-Benn
'My favourite book of all time' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie

A finalist for the New York Public Library Fiction Award

A Grand Prix Littéraire of the Association of Caribbean Writers Selection

Named a Best Book of 2016 by: New...
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