Moses McKenzie (born 1998) is a British writer. His debut novel An Olive Grove in Ends (2022) won the Hawthornden Prize and the Somerset Maugham Prize. This was followed by his second novel Fast by the Horns (2024).
Early life and education McKenzie spent his early childhood in Cornwall before moving to Bristol at age 7, where he grew up on Stapleton Road in Easton. He is of Jamaican descent. McKenzie attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of the West of England. McKenzie was raised a Baptist and converted to Islam.
Bibliography An Olive Grove in Ends (2022) Fast by the Horns (2024) Untitled third novel (TBA)
Accolades +YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef 2022 Soho House Awards Breakthrough Writer 2023 Somerset Maugham Award An Olive Grove in Ends Hawthornden Prize 2025 The Sunday Times Young Writer Award Fast by the Horns
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