Courttia Newland was born on 25 August 1973 and is a British writer of Jamaican and Barbadian heritage.
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Courttia Newland wrote his first play, Estates of Mind, in 1998.
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Courttia Newland's second play, an adaptation of Euripides' The Women of Troy, was a success at the 1999 Edinburgh Festival, being followed in 2000 by his third play was The Far Side.
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In 2000, Courttia Newland co-edited the anthology IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain, and his short stories have featured in many other anthologies, including The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Vol 2, England Calling:24 Stories for the 21st Century and Disco 2000.
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Courttia Newland co-edited The Global Village with Monique Roffey.
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Courttia Newland has been a writer-in-residence for the charity First Story.
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Courttia Newland has taught creative writing workshops and performed readings in countries as diverse as Russia, Gambia, and Singapore.
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Courttia Newland was a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the London College of Communication.
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Courttia Newland was a co-writer for Steve McQueen's five-part anthology film series Small Axe, broadcast in November 2020.
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Courttia Newland was shortlisted for the 2007 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award, the 2010 Alfred Fagon Award and longlisted for the 2011 Frank O'Connor Award.