Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan was born in 1978 and is currently 48 years old. Esi Edugyan was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Esi Edugyan has written 3 standalone novels, starting with The Second Life of Samuel Tyne in 2004. The most recently released novel was Washington Black, which was released in 2018. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Esi at this time.

Esi Edugyan has also written 2 Non-Fiction Books, including Dreaming of Elsewhere and Out of the Sun: On Art, Race, and the Future.

Esi Edugyan: Awards & Accolades

Edugyan's book, Half-Blood Blues won the Giller Prize Awards, Giller Prize, in 2011.

The following novels by Esi Edugyan were nominated for these awards:

• Half-Blood Blues: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (2011). Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Best Novel by a Canadian Author (2011). Women's Prize, For Fiction (2012). Goodreads Awards, Best Historical Fiction (2012). Walter Scott Prize, Best Historical Fiction Novel (2012).
• Washington Black: Booker Prize, Best Fiction Book (2018). Giller Prize Awards, Giller Prize (2018). Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction (2018). Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Best Novel by a Canadian Author (2018).

Esi Edugyan: Lists & Other Mentions

• Half-Blood Blues was a CBC: 100 Novels that make you proud to be Canadian Selection in 2017 and an AbeBooks: 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books Selection in 2021.

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4. Tana French, author of the Dublin Murder Squad Series.
5. John Grisham, author of the Jake Brigance Series.

Esi Edugyan: F.A.Q