In conversation
Ingrid Persaud in conversation with Colin Grant
The novelist tells of her love of the language of Trinidad and her move from law to writing.
8th December, 2021
'I lived [in Trinidad] until I was 18, and everything I am, I think, comes from that time. I’m always yearning and thinking about the place… a lot of nostalgia'
Ingrid Persaud
Ingrid Persaud is a Costa Prize winning novelist and short story writer of rare, meticulous care and mischief.
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