EFFIE BLACK

Forthwrite

Oct 18 2024 • 31 mins

In this episode Anna and Sam talk to Women's Prize longlisted author Effie Black about how it felt for her debut In Defense of the Act to be nominated and her route to writing it. Plus she helps Sam out with her book group homework.

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Effie Black is a London-based writer with a background in science. She enjoys writing from a queer perspective and she likes bringing a spot of science into her fiction too. Effie's short stories have appeared in Litro and the époque press é-zine. Effie's debut novel, In Defence Of The Act , was published in July 2023 by époque press, and was longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction.