Diana Evans was born in London in the early 1970s. She is of British-Nigerian origin and still lives in London with her family. Before starting her writing career, she was a dancer in an African and Caribbean troupe based in Brighton called ‘Mashango’. Evans has contributed as a freelance writer for
The Guardian, The Independent, The Stage,Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaarand other newspapers and magazines. She received an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and her short fiction was broadcast by BBC Radio 4. She has taught journalism and creative writing, and was writer-in-residence at St Gabriel’s College. Between 2014 and 2016 Diana Evans was a Royal Literary Fellow at the London College of Fashion, and at the University of Kent between 2016-2017.
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Citation: Lipovsek, Emilija. "Diana Evans". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 July 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13652, accessed 09 November 2024.]