Dean Atta is a British author hailing from London and living in Glasgow. He is a Malika's Poetry Kitchen member, National Poetry Day ambassador and LGBT+ History Month patron. Dean's poems have been highly commended by the Forward Prizes for Poetry and shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize and Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition. His books have been praised by the likes of Bernardine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah and Malorie Blackman. Dean's debut poetry collection, 'I Am Nobody's Nigger' was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. His novel in verse, 'The Black Flamingo', won the Stonewall Book Award and was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, Jhalak Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Waterstones Children's Book Award.
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