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Courttia Newland
British writer
Courttia Newland | |
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| Born | (1973-08-25) 25 August 1973 (age 51) London, U.K. |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright |
| Notable work | The Scholar (1997); Society Within (1999); Snakeskin (2002) |
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Courttia Newland (born 25 August 1973) is a British writer of Jamaican and Barbadian heritage.[1]
Background
Born in 1973 in west London, to parents of Caribbean heritage,[2] Newland grew up in Shepherd's Bush, where he became a rapper and music producer who, together with friends, released a Drum n' Basswhite label.
Writing
Novels
In 1997, Newland published his first novel, The Scholar. Further novels followed, including Society Within (1999), Snakeskin (2002) and The Gospel According to Cane (2013).
His most recent novel, A River Called Time was published in 2021 to generally positive critical attention, with Kirkus stating: "This is an ambitiously im