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Dorothy Koomson was born on 1971 in London, England, is an English writer (born 1971). Discover Dorothy Koomson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?
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Dorothy Koomson Net Worth
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Timeline
Dorothy Koomson (born 1971 in London) is a contemporary English novelist, who is of Ghanaian descent.
She has been described as "Britain's biggest selling black author of adult fiction".
Koomson has two degrees in Psychology and Journalism from when she graduated from Leeds University (Trinity and All Saints College).
She has written for a number of women's magazines and newspapers, as well as having had over a dozen successful novels published in the UK and US.
Koomson spent two years living in Sydney and is currently living in Brighton.
Koomson wrote her first novel, the unpublished "There's A Thin Line Between Love And Hate", when she was 13.
In 2003 her debut novel, The Cupid Effect, was published.
Her second novel, The Chocolate Run, was published in 2004.
In 2006, she published her third novel, My Best Friend's Girl.
The book was chosen for the Richard and Judy's Summer Reads shortlist and it received a huge sales boost.
Koomson's fourth and fifth novels, Marshmallows For Breakfast and Goodnight, Beautiful, were published in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
Koomson's sixth novel, The Ice Cream Girls, was published in 2010.
Koomson's seventh novel, The Woman He Loved Before, was released on 3 February 2011.
Her eighth book, The Rose Petal Beach, came out in August 2012 and was released in paperback form in April 2013.
Her ninth book, The Flavours of Love, was published in November 2013, after which she took a longer break before writing her tenth book, That Girl From Nowhere, which was published in April 2015.
Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages.
During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests calling for racial justice, Koomson criticised the UK publishing industry as being a “hostile environment for black authors”, stating that those in the industry have gaslighted Black authors and demeaned, demoralised, and discarded them in reality, while portraying an image of support to the public.
Her experiences in the publishing industry were also discussed in an article responding to the "Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing" report.
Later that year, Koomson was recognised as one of the United Kingdom's 100 most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage when she was included in the 2021 edition of the annual Powerlist.
In 2020 Koomson launched a podcast intended to help 'demystify the book world'.
