Bernardine Evaristo

thumb|Bernardine Evaristo in 2018 Bernardine Evaristo, MBE FRSL FRSA, FEA (born 28 May 1959) is a British novelist. Quotes I wanted to put presence into absence. I was very frustrated that black British women weren't visible in literature. I whittled it down to 12 characters – I wanted them to span from a teenager to someone in their 90s, and see their trajectory from birth, though not linear. There are many ways in which otherness can be interpreted in the novel – the women are othered in so many ways and sometimes by each other. I wanted it to be identified as a novel about women as well. On her novel Girl, Woman, Other in "Bernardine Evaristo: 'I want to put presence into absence'", The Guardian (27 April 2019). With all of my books I'm interested in where people come from in relation to who they are. On her writing interests in "Bernardine Evaristo: 'I want to put presence into absence'", The Guardian (27 April 2019). I have a term I came up with called fusion fiction – that's what it felt like, with the absence of full stops, the long sentences. The form is very free-flowing and it allowed me to be inside the characters' heads and go all over the place – the past, the present. For me, there's always a level of experimentation – I'm not happy writing what we might call traditional novels. On what she calls her writing style in "Bernardine Evaristo: 'I want to put presence into absence'", The Guardian (27 April 2019). I'm not interested in any stereotypes whatsoever. On how she realizes her characters in "Bernardine Evaristo interview: 'I'm not interested in any stereotypes whatsoever'", The Telegraph (16 October 2019). The Emperor's Babe When you're a slave you dream / of either owning slaves or freeing them. External links Bernardine Evaristo Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Women academics from England Category:Poets from England Category:Novelists from England Category:Women authors from England Category:People from London Category:Booker Prize winners Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:Women born in the 1950s