Tessa McWatt is the author of seven novels, two books for young people, and one nonfiction book. Her work has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Toronto Book Awards, and won the OCM Bocas Prize. She is a winner of the Eccles British Library Award 2018. McWatt is Professor of Creative Writing at UEA.

‘A remarkable achievement, both for the brilliance of its ambition as well as the realisation of it. McWatt's heritage is wide-reaching and encompasses the bloodlines of both oppressed peoples as well as their oppressors. By taking parts of her body – eyes, ass, hair etc – and assessing their cultural significance and currency, she examines her life's experience through personal and global history, trying to make sense of her place in the world. Beautifully written, beguiling and audacious – a triumph.’

Tessa McWatt is the author of seven novels, two books for young people, and one nonfiction book. Her work has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Toronto Book Awards, and won the OCM Bocas Prize. She is a winner of the Eccles British Library Award 2018. McWatt is Professor of Creative Writing at UEA.

‘A remarkable achievement, both for the brilliance of its ambition as well as the realisation of it. McWatt's heritage is wide-reaching and encompasses the bloodlines of both oppressed peoples as well as their oppressors. By taking parts of her body – eyes, ass, hair etc – and assessing their cultural significance and currency, she examines her life's experience through personal and global history, trying to make sense of her place in the world. Beautifully written, beguiling and audacious – a triumph.’

Tessa McWatt is the author of seven novels, two books for young people, and one nonfiction book. Her work has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Toronto Book Awards, and won the OCM Bocas Prize. She is a winner of the Eccles British Library Award 2018. McWatt is Professor of Creative Writing at UEA.

‘A remarkable achievement, both for the brilliance of its ambition as well as the realisation of it. McWatt's heritage is wide-reaching and encompasses the bloodlines of both oppressed peoples as well as their oppressors. By taking parts of her body – eyes, ass, hair etc – and assessing their cultural significance and currency, she examines her life's experience through personal and global history, trying to make sense of her place in the world. Beautifully written, beguiling and audacious – a triumph.’