In our latest episode of the Tea & Books Chat podcast, we are joined by award-winning author Dean Atta, writer of YA novels The Black Flamingo and I Can’t Even Think Straight, as we talk about his adult debut, Big Man! In this amazing conversation, Atta dives into writing his adult debut and the importance of writing queer stories. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to.
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About The Author

Dean Atta is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author from London. Best known for his young adult novel in verse, The Black Flamingo, and the stop-motion animation, Two Black Boys in Paradise, his heartfelt storytelling draws on his Cypriot and Jamaican heritage as well as his queer identity. Dean is a patron of LGBT+ History Month and Chair of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group of the Society of Authors. He has published three young adult novels in verse, two poetry collections, two picture books, a memoir, and most recently his debut adult novel, Big Man.



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