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Kit de Waal Biography
Kit de Waal is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on July 26, 1960 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, about a mixed-race nine-year-old boy, is set against the backdrop of the 1981 Handsworth riots and was published in 2016 by Viking (Penguin Random House) after a six-way auction between publishers. It drew on her personal and professional experience of foster care and the adoption system:
She also writes short stories and flash fiction, and among her previous other awards are the Bath Short Story Award 2014, the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Prize Reader’s Choice in 2014. As well as being published in anthologies, her work has been broadcast on radio, including her story “Adrift at the Athena”, which was commissioned for the anthology A Midlands Odyssey by Nine Arches Press, and “The Beautiful Thing” – “about emigration, backstory and new beginnings” – was read on BBC Radio 4 by Burt Caesar.
| Name | Kit de Waal |
| First Name | Koichi |
| Last Name | Ohata |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Birthday | July 26 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Place of Birth | Birmingham |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | John de Waal |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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She has written about the need for the publishing industry to be more inclusive, and on 22 November 2017 she presented the BBC Radio 4 programme Where Are All the Working Class Writers? exploring issues of inclusivity in the arts and working-class representation in present-day British literature.
Kit de Waal Net Worth
Kit de Waal is one of the richest Writer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kit de Waal's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mandy Theresa O’Loughlin (born 26 July 1960), known professionally as Kit de Waal, is a British/Irish writer. Her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, was published by Penguin Books in June 2016. After securing the publishing deal with Penguin, De Waal used some of her advance to set up the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Fellowship to help improve working-class representation in the arts. The audiobook version of My Name is Leon is voiced by Sir Lenny Henry. De Waal has also published several short stories.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Writer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
The novel has won many accolades, winning the Irish Novel of the Year Award 2017, and being on the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards for a first novel and the Desmond Elliott Prize. My Name Is Leon has been produced as an audiobook voiced by Lenny Henry, who has also optioned it for a television adaptation.
In 2019 she became an “Ambassador” for the audiobook charity Listening Books. She commented: “I am a devotee of audiobooks. They reach you in a different way.”
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Launched in October 2016 at Birkbeck’s Department of English and Humanities, the scholarship provides a fully funded place for one student to study on the Birkbeck Creative Writing MA, and also includes a travel bursary to allow the student to travel into London for classes and Waterstones’ vouchers to allow the student to buy books on the reading list. The inaugural scholarship was awarded to former Birmingham poet laureate Stephen Morrison-Burke.
In March 2020 de Waal co-founded with Molly Flatt a three-day virtual books festival called “The Big Book Weekend”, to be broadcast live across three days over the first bank holiday weekend in May as part of BBC Arts “Culture In Quarantine” programming.
Who is Kit de Waal Dating?
According to our records, Kit de Waal married to John de Waal. As of December 1, 2023, Kit de Waal’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Kit de Waal. You may help us to build the dating records for Kit de Waal!I was brought up like that, I’m mixed race, I have adopted children, I’ve trained social workers. In 1981 I was living in Handsworth in Birmingham, where the riots were happening at the end of my road.
Facts & Trivia
Koichi Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kit de Waal celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.
Is Kit de Waal related to Edmund?
His brother Edmund is the author of the bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes; his mother is the Benedictine spiritual guru Esther de Waal.
Where was Kit de Waal born?
Birmingham, United Kingdom
What happens in my name is Leon?
Set during the race riots of the 1980s, My Name Is Leon tells the story of Leon, a half-black nine-year-old boy who struggles to make sense of his changing world. After his mother suffers a mental breakdown, Leon and his baby brother, Jake, are sent into foster care.
How does my name is Leon end?
The book ends seeing Leon settled, happy and preparing to plant new seeds and sow new beginnings -both literally and metaphorically. The ending that Leon deserves and all the readers want.
Does my name is Leon have a happy ending?
Leon and Jake are lucky to meet Maureen, an experienced and loving foster parent but even the ultimately uplifting conclusion niggled me because I knew that it was not the ending that most children going through the care system receive. There is not enough love out there to go round and too many are forgotten.
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