Nayomi Munaweera’s debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize and won the Commonwealth Regional Prize for Asia . It was short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Northern California Book Prize. The New York Times called the book “luminous” and Publisher’s Weekly has compared her voice to that of Michael Ondatjee and Jhumpa Lahiri. Nayomi’s second novel, What Lies Between Us has been one of the most anticipated releases of 2016, having been featured on both Buzzfeed and Elle Magazines Best of 2016 lists. She lives in Oakland, California and is working on her third novel.
Craft Tip: From Janet Fitch – Regarding Character – When you write dialog, the reader learns as much from words as from gesture.
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Nayomi was just at Literary Death Match in SF. Her work What Lies Between Us is just amazing. I can not recommend it highly enough!