Claire Adam Explained

Claire Adam is a Trinidadian author whose first novel Golden Child triggered critical acclaim.

On 5 November 2019, the BBC News listed Golden Child on its list of the 100 most influential novels.

Biography

Claire Adam was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the youngest of four children of her Trinidadian father and Irish mother.^[1]

Leaving Trinidad at the age of 18, Adam went to the US where she studied Physics at Brown University.^[2] She then lived for some years in Italy and Ireland, before settling in London, England.^[3] She earned an MA degree in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she began work on her first novel, Golden Child (2019), which was awarded the 2019 Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel.^[4] Golden Child also won the 2020 McKitterick Prize, the 2019 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award.^[5]

Awards and recognition

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2019	Golden Child	Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award	Fiction		[6]
			—		[7] [8]
2020		Authors' Club Best First Novel Award	—		[9] [10]
		Diverse Book Awards	Adult	2nd Place	[11] [12]
		Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award	—
		Jhalak Prize	—		[13]
		McKitterick Prize	—		[14]

Works

• Book: Claire Adam . Golden Child . Golden Child (novel) . . 2019 . 9780571339808 . hardcover 1st . London . en . 2.

Notes and References

1. Claire Adam: 'I've always felt, ask me where I'm from!' Own words. Nicholas. Laughlin. Nicholas Laughlin. Caribbean Beat. 155. January–February 2019. 31 October 2022.
2. Web site: Claire Adam. RCW Literary Agency. 31 October 2022.
3. Web site: Claire Adam. Writers Mosaic. 31 October 2022.
4. Web site: Claire Adam. Goldsmiths, University of London. 31 October 2022.
5. Web site: Participants Claire Adam. Bocas Lit Fest. 31 October 2022.
6. Web site: Reid . Calvin . Adam, Young Win B&N 2019 Discover New Writers Awards . 2024-09-07 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
7. Web site: Desmond Elliott Prize . 2024-09-07 . National Centre for Writing NCW . en-US.
8. Web site: SJP for Hogarth Author Claire Adam Wins Desmond Elliott Prize for GOLDEN CHILD . 2024-09-07 . penguinrandomhouse.com . en-US.
9. Web site: Best First Novel Award . 2024-09-07 . The Authors' Club Since 1891 . en-GB.
10. Web site: Claire Adam Wins Authors Club Best First Novel Award . 2024-09-07 . RCW Literary Agency . en.
11. Web site: 2020 WINNERS . 2024-09-07 . The DB Awards . en.
12. Web site: locusmag . 2020-07-31 . 2020 Diverse Book Awards Longlist . 2024-09-07 . Locus Online . en-US.
13. Web site: 2020 . 2024-09-07 . Jhalak Prize . en.
14. Web site: 2020-05-08 . McKitterick Prize - The Society of Authors . 2024-09-07 . en-GB.