Diana Evans

thumb|Diana Evans in 2019 Diana Omo Evans (born 1972) is a British novelist, journalist and critic. Quotes Racial history lays so heavily on black people – slavery, migration, racism. But I don’t want my characters to be hidden by that… On addressing racism in her writings in “Diana Evans: 'There's a ruthlessness in me towards writing'” in The Guardian (2018 Mar 19) I feel it is something that I have to do for my children, to be able to give them a book that has kids like them in it, just incidentally. They are not the side character, they are not there as a novelty, they are just the characters. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but it is. People need to see themselves reflected in the culture around them. On what she aims to convey in her writings in “Diana Evans: 'There's a ruthlessness in me towards writing'” in The Guardian (2018 Mar 19) There are so many expectations placed upon us, so many restricting places in which we are supposed to place ourselves in order to function in the world. There is often a struggle to hold on to who we are through all of this; either we lose the struggle and we are lost, almost deadened, or we simply don't survive at all… On life’s struggles in “An Interview with Diana Evans” in BookBrowse Suicide is generally seen in a very negative way and, though it is tragic and devastating, I've learnt from losing my own twin that there's a positive and magical side to it as well. It's about a person freeing themselves. It is actually a very courageous thing to do. To leave can be braver than to just stay here and struggle on, never knowing whether you'll ever be happy. On perceiving suicide differently since losing her twin in “Death of a Twin” in AM Magazine (Apr 2005) External links Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Novelists from England Category:Literary critics Category:People from London Category:Women journalists from England Category:Women born in the 1970s Category:Women authors from England