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Books By Dean Atta - Author

Dean Atta is the author of YA novels-in-verse The Black Flamingo and Only on the Weekends. Named as 'one of poetry's greatest modern voices' (Gay Times). The Black Flamingo was a top-selling debut of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, CILIP Carnegie Medal, The Jhalak Prize and The YA Book Prize. The Black Flamingo was also awarded the prestigious Stonewall Book Award and the Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award 2020, and sold to the US in a five-way publisher auction.

Dean Atta's debut poetry collection, I Am Nobody's Nigger, was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize. His poems deal with themes of race, gender, identity and growing up, and have appeared on BBC One's The One Show and several times on BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and Channel 4. Dean was named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday. He regularly performs across the UK and internationally.

Photo credit Thomas Sammut.

Author's Website: https://sites.google.com/site/deanatta/home

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I Can't Even Think Straight

Dean Atta

Paperback

Pre-order. 29th May 2025

£8.09 £8.99

Confetti

Dean Atta

Paperback

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Only on the Weekends

Dean Atta

Paperback

In Stock

£8.09 £8.99

The Black Flamingo

Dean Atta

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99