Reading Series - Nicole Dennis-Benn

The Creative Writing Reading Series is proud to host Nicole Dennis-Benn for a public reading and discussion. All are welcome!

Nicole Dennis-Benn is an award-winning novelist whose books place working-class Jamaicans, especially women and queer folk, at the center of the universal human experience. Her debut novel, Here Comes the Sun, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2016 and was recently listed as a New York Times Most Notable Book of the decade. Patsy, her second novel, was a Today Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick and a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and was named best book of the year by TIME, Oprah, People, NPR, among others. Nicole was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Pen/Faulkner Award in Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award Fiction Prize. Her books have remained as must-reads on various major lists since publication and have been translated into multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Portuguese. She is currently a Visiting Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College. Her highly anticipated 3rd novel with Random House is forthcoming in July 2026.