Luan Goldie

Luan is a journalist turned primary school teacher who has written short stories and won second place in the Grazia/Orange Prize First Chapter competition. She is currently enrolled in the Arts Council-funded Almasi Writers League, a mentoring scheme for emerging writers of colour.

Listen to Luan talking to BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms about winning the 2017 Costa Short Story Prize here.

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A Spell of Winter

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Fugitive Pieces

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Larry's Party

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A Crime in the Neighborhood

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When I Lived in Modern Times

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The Idea of Perfection

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Bel Canto

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Property

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Small Island

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

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On Beauty

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Half of a Yellow Sun

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The Road Home

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Home

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The Lacuna

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The Tiger's Wife

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The Song of Achilles

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May We Be Forgiven

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A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing

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How to be Both

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The Glorious Heresies

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The Power

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Home Fire

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An American Marriage

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