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Daphne Palasi Andreades

American writer

Daphne Palasi Andreades is an American writer, whose debut novel Brown Girls was published in 2022.^[1]

Early

Born and raised in Queens, she is a graduate of the MFA creative writing program at Columbia University.

Writing

Brown Girls, a novel about a group of multicultural young girls growing up in immigrant families in New York City, was published November 15, 2022 by Random House.^[2]

The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize^[3] and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.^[4]

Awards

Brown Girls was named a New York Times Editors' Choice and an Indie Next Pick by booksellers across the U.S. It was also named one of the Best Books of the Year by Popsugar and Kirkus.

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref
2022	Brown Girls	Center for Fiction First Novel Prize	Shortlisted	^[3]
		New American Voices Award	Shortlisted	^[5]
		VCU Cabell First Novelist Award	Longlisted	^[6]
2023		Carol Shields Prize for Fiction	Shortlisted	^[7]

Bibliography

—— (2022). Brown Girls (1st paperback ed.). Random House. ISBN 9780593243442.

References

^ Sana Goyal, "Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades review – raised by Queens". The Guardian, February 23, 2022.
^ Sunny Hostin, "A Debut Novel About Friendship, Family and Other Ties That Bind". The New York Times, January 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Segal, Corinne (September 29, 2022). "Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2022 First Novel Prize". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022.
^ Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023.
^ "New American Voices Award | Des Moines Public Library". www.dmpl.org. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^ "2023 News | Cabell longlist 2022 | VCU Libraries". www.library.vcu.edu. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^ Shohfi, Jessie. "Daphne Palasi Andreades '19 Shortlisted for the Inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction".