DIRAN ADEBAYOAuthor

BORN :London
BIRTH DATE : 1968
OCCUPATION : Author
BEST KNOWN: First novel 'Some Kind of Black'
HONOURS & ACCOLADES: 1996 Winner of the Saga Prize first novel

Diran Adebayo as his name suggests is of Nigerian descent and was born in London. He first came to fame a few years ago with his first novel Some Kind of Black.His manuscript won him the Saga Prize, an award given to black british writers.The story was about a young black students life in London.

This rivetting story put the reader in the shoes of a young man striving to get by in a modern world.Other awards under his belt have been the authors club best novel of the year. Betty Trask Award, and new writers of the year award.

His second novel, My Once upon a Time,was published in 2000. It's an encompessing story set in Londons near future. The Ballard of Dizzy and Miss P idea (featured in the book) came about when Diran read a newspaper article about a ruthless couple, in France, who hijacked a cabbie and eventually shot him.

Diran often does readings from his book and attends Universities. He has also worked with channel 4 on a screen play. He has won a scholarship to Malvern public school and is an Oxford law graduate who went on to become a writer, critic and print and broadcast journalist. He's worked on national newspapers including The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, along with Britain's biggest black newspaper The Voice.

Adebayo has done stints at London Weekend Television and is reported to have once shared a flat with BBC Radio journalist and commentator Henry 'The Big' Bonsu.



He once named both the 19th century Tory Party Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and Karl Marx amongst his list of 'Great Britons'. Adebayo lives in south London and is the brother of the writer, journalist, publisher and braodcaster Dotun Adebayo.

With so many achievements under his belt, Diran is destined to inspire us in the future.

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