Ingrid Persaud
Ingrid Persaud is a Trinidad and Tobago-born writer, artist, and academic, who lives in the United Kingdom. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2018, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017, with her debut effort The Sweet Sop. The story is about an estranged father and son reunited through their shared love for chocolate.
Ingrid Persaud | |
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| Born | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics; Goldsmith College; Central St. Martins |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, artist and academic |
| Notable work | Love After Love (2020) |
| Awards | Commonwealth Short Story Prize; BBC National Short Story Award; Costa First Novel Award |
In 2020, Persaud's novel Love After Love, was published by Faber in the UK and One World/Random House in the USA. Love After Love won the Costa Book Award for First Novel in 2020. She has written for the magazines Granta, Prospect and Pree, as well as for The Guardian and the I newspapers.
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