Courttia Newland

David Ellis (University of Wolverhampton)

Ed. by Jenni Ramone, The Nottingham Trent University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 25 Aug 1973
Activity 1997-ongoing

Places

Born in United Kingdom
Active in United Kingdom

Cultural Identities

Caribbean Black British

Activities

Primary

Novelist
Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Performer (music)
Story-writer

Resources

Newland's Works

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Courttia Newland is a London-based writer born in 1973. He is the author of four novels:

The Scholar: A West Side Story

(1997),

Society Within

(1999),

Snakeskin

(2002) and

The Gospel According to Cane

(2013); a novella,

The Dying Wish

(2006); and two collections of short stories,

A Book of Blues

(2011) and

Music for the Off-Key

(2006). His work has also appeared in numerous anthologies, including

The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Vol 2

(2000) and

England Calling: 24 Stories for the 21st Century

(2001). He is the co-editor (with Kadija Sesay) of

IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain

(2000) and

Tell Tales 4: The Global Village

(2009) (with Monique Roffey). He has also written for stage and film, including

B is for Black

, and an adaptation of…

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Citation: Ellis, David. "Courttia Newland". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 December 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13086, accessed 23 November 2024.]