Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn was born in Peckham, London, England.

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn has written one standalone novel so far. This novel is called Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? and was released in 2022. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Lizzie at this time.

She won the 2019 Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Writing Competition with an early draft of Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?.

Wrote her first novel while working for Carers UK.

Lizzie considers her heroes growing up to be Jacqueline Wilson and Malorie Blackman. She admired each of these children's authors for the way they would tackle difficult topics including divorce, racism and alcoholism.

Lizzie wrote her first novel when she was 10 years old. She saved it to a floppy disk, which (sadly) she broke.

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn: Awards & Accolades

Damilola Blackburn's book, Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? was nominated for the Diverse Book Awards, Best Book, in 2023.

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Lizzie Damilola Blackburn: F.A.Q