Dorothy Koomson discusses her latest novel Give Him To Me

Schedule

Sun Oct 19 2025 at 02:30 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC+01:00

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Victoria Gallery & Museum | Liverpool, EN

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Dorothy Koomson is an award-winning, global bestselling author of 22 novels. Her thrillers have connected with readers all over the world, with sales of over 2.5 million copies in the UK alone.

In conversation with Dr Melissa Raines, Koomson joins us to discuss her latest novel Give Him To Me, published in paperback this August, and to consider the issue of domestic abuse, which is a common theme in many of her books.

Dorothy featured on the 2021 Powerlist as one of the most influential Black people in Britain, appeared in GQ Style as a Black British trailblazer, and was a judge for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction. 2023 marked Dorothy’s 20th anniversary as a published author.

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