EPISODE · Apr 15, 2025 · 9 MIN
The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal
from The Dorothy Edit with Dorothy Koomson
Kit de Waal and The Best of EverythingKit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and a Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption, foster care and judgecraft for members of the judiciary. Her writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader's Choice Prize 2014 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. MY NAME IS LEON, her first novel was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award. She has two children and lives in the West Midlands. Find out more about Kit and The Best of Everything at: https://www.kitdewaal.com/ About your host: I’m Dorothy Koomson, award-winning, bestselling author. You can find out more here: www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/contact-me And you can buy my latest book, Give Him To Me here: https://geni.us/DK_GiveHimToMe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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