Virginia Evans
American novelist
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Virginia Evans (born on June 2, 1986)[1][2] is an American novelist. She won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction with her novel The Correspondent.[3]
Virginia Evans | |
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| Born | June 2, 1986 South Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | |
| Genre | |
| Notable works | The Correspondent |
| Notable awards | Women's Prize for Fiction |
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Early life and education
Evans' family moved to Severna Park, Maryland, when she was in elementary school, where she would live most of her childhood.[4] Her father managed retirement communities, while her mother was an event planner for a catering company.
She received a Bachelor's degree in English literature from James Madison University[5]. There she met her husband, Mark Evans.[4] In 2019, she and her family moved from the United States to Dublin so that she could pursue a Master's degree in creative writing from Trinity College Dublin.[6][7] She started writing The Correspondent after returning to the United States. She lives in Winston-Salem, NC[8] and is married with two children.[9]
Before The Correspondent, Evans wrote seven unsuccessful books over 18 years, completing her first when she was 19. She wrote a self-published novel in 2019.[10] While working on her novels, she ran the Rotary Club in her city for seven years, she was the scheduler for an orthopedic surgeon for a few years, she worked for a bankruptcy lawyer for a year, and was a barista.[11]
Works
- Evans, Virginia (April 29, 2025). The Correspondent. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-79843-0. [12][13][14][15][16]
By December 2025, The Correspondent had sold 550,000 copies and was on The New York Times best-seller list.[17] The novel went on to win the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction.[3]
