Caryl Phillips
(b.1958)Caryl Phillips was born in St Kitts and now lives in London and New York. He has written for television, radio, theatre and cinema and is the author of two works of non-fiction and six novels. Crossing the River was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize and he has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Tate Black Memorial Prize, as well as being named the Sunday Times Writer of the Year 1992 and one of the Best of Young British Writers 1993.
Awards: James Tait Black (1993) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
The Final Passage (1985)
A State of Independence (1986)
Higher Ground (1989)
Cambridge (1991)
Crossing the River (1993)
The Nature of Blood (1997)
A Distant Shore (2003)
Dancing in the Dark (2005)
Foreigners (2007)
In the Falling Snow (2009)
The Lost Child (2015)
A View of the Empire at Sunset (2018)
Another Man in the Street (2025)
A State of Independence (1986)
Higher Ground (1989)
Cambridge (1991)
Crossing the River (1993)
The Nature of Blood (1997)
A Distant Shore (2003)
Dancing in the Dark (2005)
Foreigners (2007)
In the Falling Snow (2009)
The Lost Child (2015)
A View of the Empire at Sunset (2018)
Another Man in the Street (2025)
Anthologies edited
Plays show
Non fiction show
Awards
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Caryl Phillips recommends
Away (2007)
Amy Bloom
"Raunchy, funny, and touching, Away is an elegant window into the perils of self-invention and reinvention in New York in the 1920s. Amy Bloom's heroine, Lillian, is an unforgettable young woman on a quest to make her life whole and to belong in an unstable, yet fascinating, new American world."
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