Person    | Female  Born 7/3/1956  Died 14/2/2019

Andrea Levy

Categories: Literature, Race Issues

Countries: Caribbean Islands

Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyford House on the Blackstock council estate. Best known for her novels 'Small Island' and 'The Long Song'. She wrote from the perspective of the Windrush generation.

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