Kevin Jared Hosein

Kevin Jared Hosein is an award-winning Caribbean novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad and Tobago. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018 and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He is the author of three works of fiction for young adults: Littletown Secrets, The Beast of Kukuyo and The Repenters. The Beast of Kukuyo, received a CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and the Beast of Kukuyo and the Repenters both were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, while Littletown Secrets, his first book to be published, which he both wrote and illustrated in 2013, was awarded the title of Best Children’s Book of 2013, by the Trinidad Guardian. His writings have been published in numerous anthologies and outlets such as Lightspeed magazine, Wasafiri, and on BBC Radio 4. Hosein’s first novel for adults is 2023’s Hungry Ghosts which won the 2024 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and won the OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction for 2024.