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Short biography
Pete Kalu is a novelist, poet and playwright. He has won the BBC Playwrights Award, Voice/Jamaica Information Service Marcus Garvey Scholarship Award and the BBC’s Dangerous Comedy Prize. Other books by Pete Kalu: YA fiction: Silent Striker, Zombie Xl and Being Me. Adult fiction: Lick Shot, Little Jack Horner, Professor X, Yard Dogs and Black Star Rising. Pete Kalu lives in Manchester, UK.
Author photo (c)Fereshteh Mozaffari
Author photo (c)Fereshteh Mozaffari
Pete Kalu is a 2024 winner of the Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship Award. He has previously won the BBC/Contact Dangerous Comedy Award and The Voice / Marcus Garvey Essay Award. He received his PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in 2019. His essays can be found scattered in publications including Encounters with James Baldwin (Supernova Books 2024) and academic journals. His most recent short stories have been published by Peepal Tree. He is a Writers Mosaic alumnus and was writer in residence at University of West Indies, Trinidad Campus. He is a Reading Fellow of Royal Literary Fund
Act Normal is his latest book, published by HopeRoad October 23rd 2025.
