Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo (born 28 May 1959) is an English author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker. In 2025, Evaristo was the recipient of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction. Evaristo was chosen out of all previous Women's Prize for Fiction winners & nominated authors since it began in 1995.
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Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo (born 28 May 1959) is an English author and academic. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, making her the first Black woman to win the Booker. In 2025, Evaristo was the recipient of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a one-off literary honour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women's Prize for Fiction. Evaristo was chosen out of all previous Women's Prize for Fiction winners & nominated authors since it began in 1995.
