Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother, who was a childminder and foster carer and a Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption, foster care and judgecraft for members of the judiciary. Her writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader's Choice Prize 2014 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year.

MY NAME IS LEON, her first novel was published in 2016 and was chosen as the book to give to new starters in the Faculty of Science and Engineering for #WLVBigRead. More information on the project can be found here.

The Faculty of Science and Engineering are pleased to welcome Kit for a Q&A at the University of Wolverhampton and Kit will also be able to sign copies of the book for a short while after the Q&A.

If you would like a copy of the book and do not yet have one they are available in the Student Services in MI.

Please ensure if you book a ticket you are at the venue 10 minutes before the event starts or your seat may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Any questions about the event or to put to the author? Please email STEMOutreach@wlv.ac.uk

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Venue

Harrison Learning Centre (Ambika Paul Building), Univesity of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, WV1 1LY