Daphne Palasi Andreades is an American writer, whose debut novel Brown Girls was published in 2022.Sana Goyal, "Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades review – raised by Queens". The Guardian, February 23, 2022.
Early Born and raised in Queens, New York, she is a graduate of the MFA creative writing program at Columbia University, where her mentors were Paul Beatty and Elissa Schappell.
Writing Brown Girls, a novel about a group of multicultural young girls growing up in immigrant families in New York City, was published January 4, 2022 by Random House.Sunny Hostin, "A Debut Novel About Friendship, Family and Other Ties That Bind". The New York Times, January 4, 2022. International editions were published in the UK and Commonwealth, France, and Germany.
The novel was a finalist for several prestigious prizes including: the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the 2022 New American Voices Award, and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023. It was a semifinalist for the 2022 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.
Awards
Brown Girls was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and an Indie Next Pick by booksellers across the U.S. It was also named one of the Best Books of the Year by Popsugar and Kirkus.
YearTitleAwardResult2022Brown GirlsCenter for Fiction First Novel PrizeNew American Voices AwardVCU Cabell First Novelist Award2023Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
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