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About Kit de Waal
- Mandy Theresa O'Loughlin (born 26 July 1960), known professionally as Kit de Waal, is a British/Irish writer.
- Her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, was published by Penguin Books in June 2016.
- After securing the publishing deal with Penguin, De Waal used some of her advance to set up the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Fellowship to help improve working-class representation in the arts.
- The audiobook version of My Name is Leon is voiced by Sir Lenny Henry.
- De Waal has also published several short stories.
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