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Millionaire at 26: how Jessica George’s new novel Maame became the hottest debut of 2023

The 28-year-old’s fictional tale sold for seven figures, is a New York Times bestseller and is already being turned into a TV series set in London, with comparison to Candice Carty-Williams’ novel Queenie. Katie Strick meets her

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2023

The debut authors you’ll love in 2023

From the Londoner whose first book sold for a whopping seven figures to the food writer being compared to Nora Ephron, Francesca Brown compiles the year’s most hyped new writers ten literary names to know now

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023