Moses McKenzie

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Moses McKenzie (born 1998) is a British writer. His debut novel An Olive Grove in Ends (2022) won the Hawthornden Prize and the Somerset Maugham Prize. [1] This was followed by his second novel Fast by the Horns (2024). [2]

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Early life and education

McKenzie spent his early childhood in Cornwall [3] before moving to Bristol at age 7, where he grew up on Stapleton Road in Easton. [4] He is of Jamaican descent. [5] McKenzie attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of the West of England. [3] McKenzie was raised a Baptist and converted to Islam. [6]

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Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef
2022 Soho House AwardsBreakthrough WriterWon [7]
2023 Somerset Maugham Award An Olive Grove in EndsWon [8]
Hawthornden Prize Won [1]
2025 The Sunday Times Young Writer Award Fast by the HornsPending [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Beown, Lauren (1 September 2023). "McKenzie's 'profound' debut novel wins Hawthornden Prize for Literature". The Bookseller.
  2. ↑ Cummins, Anthony (27 April 2024). "Moses McKenzie: 'I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora'". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 Raval, Priyanka (26 April 2022). "Moses McKenzie: The new talent from ends". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Lisseman, Christian (6 May 2022). "Author Q&A: Moses McKenzie". Big Issue North. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Contribtor: Moses McKenzie". Granta. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. 1 2 Thomas-Corr, Johanna (3 March 2025). "The Sunday Times Young Writer award: meet our shortlisted authors". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Fedorova, Anastasiia (1 September 2022). "Meet the winners of Soho House Awards 2022". Soho House. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ↑ McDonald, Teddy (29 June 2023). "'A plethora of riches' – announcing the winners of the 2023 Society of Authors' Awards". The Society of Authors. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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