Luan Goldie's debut novel for adults, Nightingale Point, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the RSL Ondaatje Prize in 2020 and recently has been chosen as one of the titles for World Book Night 2023. She is also the author of Homecoming, which featured on BBC Woman's Hour, and These Streets, a family drama set in Stratford, London. In 2018 she won the prestigious Costa Short Story Award and her short stories have appeared in Stylist, HELLO! magazine and the Sunday Express. A former teacher, Goldie has over a decade's worth of experience teaching in London schools. She has also taught adults through London's writer development agency Spread the Word, and is a First Story Writer-in-Residence working with young people in Tower Hamlets.
Skylar and the K-pop Headteacher is her debut children's book. Find out more about Luan at www.luangoldie.co.uk.
