People Person: From the bestselling author of Queenie and the writer of BBCs Champion

About Candice Carty-Williams

Candice Carty-Williams was born in 1989 the result of an affair between a Jamaican cab driver and a dyslexic Jamaican-Indian receptionist. She is a journalist screenwriter and author of the Sunday Times bestselling Queenie a book described as 'vital' 'disarmingly honest' and 'boldly political'. In 2016 Candice created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME (black Asian and minority ethnic) Short Story Prize the first inclusive initiative of its kind in book publishing. As a journalist she has written for the Guardian i-D Vogue International every iteration of the Sunday Times BEAT Magazine Black Ballad and more. She will probably always live in South London. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @CandiceC_W.