Kit de Waal

Kit de Waal, photographed in London. Her new book is the Trick of Time. Mandy Theresa O'Loughlin, known professionally as Kit de Waal, is a British writer. Her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, was published by Penguin Books in June 2016. After securing the publishing deal with Penguin, De Waal used some of her advance to set up the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Fellowship to help improve working-class representation in the arts. The audiobook version of My Name is Leon is voiced by Sir Lenny Henry. De Waal has also published several short stories.

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Kit de Waal, photographed in London. Her new book is the Trick of Time. Mandy Theresa O'Loughlin, known professionally as Kit de Waal, is a British writer. Her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, was published by Penguin Books in June 2016. After securing the publishing deal with Penguin, De Waal used some of her advance to set up the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Fellowship to help improve working-class representation in the arts. The audiobook version of My Name is Leon is voiced by Sir Lenny Henry. De Waal has also published several short stories.