Jacqueline Crooks is a British writer whose debut novel, Fire Rush, was shortlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction. She was described as one of the "10 best new novelists for 2023" by The Observer.
Early life Crooks was born in Jamaica and raised in Southall, west London. She graduated from the University of Roehampton with a degree in Social Policy and from Goldsmiths, University of London, with a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative and Life Writing.
Writing career Crooks wrote a short-story collection titled The Ice Migration, which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. One of her short stories was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2019.
Her debut novel, Fire Rush, took 16 years to write and is based on her diary entries.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2024.
Awards Year Title Award Category Result Ref.2019"Silver Fish in the Midnight Sea"BBC National Short Story Award— The Ice MigrationOrwell PrizePolitical Fiction2023 Fire Rush Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize — Women's Prize for Fiction — 2024 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award — Diverse Book AwardsAdult Jhalak Prize — Paul Torday Memorial Prize — McKitterick Prize —
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