Award-Winning Author Patrice Lawrence to visit EPHS!

We are delighted to announce that award-winning author, Patrice Lawrence will be visiting Eden Park High School this Thursday, 3rd March, as part of our World Book Day celebrations.  Patrice will be performing for students in Years 9 and 10 and signing copies of her books.

Patrice was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian and Trinidadian household. Her first book for young adults, Orangeboy, was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award and won the Bookseller YA Prize and Waterstone’s Prize for Older Children's Fiction. Indigo Donut, her second book for teenagers, won the Crimefest YA Prize. Both books have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.  In 2021, she won the Jhalak Prize's inaugural children's and young adult category for her book  Eight Pieces of Silva (2020). Rat, Patrice’s dyslexia friendly novella, has been longlisted for this year’s Carnegie Award. 

For more information visit Patrice’s page on The Book Trust website.