NICOLA DINAN grew up in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and now lives in London. Bellies, her debut, won the Polari First Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards and Mo Siewcharran Prize, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize.
Nicola Dinan’s second book confirms to me that she is one of our most exciting writers. Delving into how we fall in and out of love, Dinan knows how to write directly to the flaws we show when in love, with biting wit and laugh out loud humour. Yet the characters linger with you after you have finished. Disappoint Me is an addictive read, that I really did not want to end. * Travis Alabanza, author of None of the Above * Dinan’s gift as a writer is her ability to make us feel – when her characters cry, we cry; when they laugh, we laugh * Irish Times * Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary talent, a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart. I'm a huge fan and I'll read anything she writes * Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti * I can't wait to see what Nicola Dinan does next * Ceclie Pin, author of Wandering Souls * Dinan is a huge talent and I'll read everything she writes * Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak *