Jo Hamya Explained

Joyce Hamya (born 1997)^[1] is a British novelist. She has authored the novels Three Rooms (2021) and The Hypocrite (2024).

Early life and education

Hamya is from East London, born to a Polish mother and a Ugandan father.^[2] Hamya graduated from King’s College London and University of Oxford.^[3] As of 2024, she is pursuing a PhD.

Career

Hamya began her career as a copy editor for Tatler and a bookseller at Waterstones. She also contributed to the Financial Times and The British Blacklist. Hamya was 22 when she wrote her debut novel Three Rooms and 24 when it was published in 2021^[4] via Jonathan Cape, as announced in 2020.^[5]

In 2023, it was announced Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired the rights to publish Hamya's second novel The Hypocrite in 2024, which she described as "born out of questions the pandemic and my first novel left behind".^[6] In 2024, Hamya was shortlisted for the Nero book awards for her novel The Hypocrite.^[7]

Hamya co-hosts the Booker Prize Podcast with James Walton.^[8]

Works

Book: Hamya, Jo . Three Rooms . 2021 . Mariner Books . 978-0-358-57209-1 . Boston New York. ^[9]
Book: Hamya, Jo . The Hypocrite . 2024-08-13 . Pantheon . 978-0-593-70103-4. ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

Notes and References

Web site: Her Father's Sex Life Is the Star of the Show. Electric Literature. Jo. Hamya. David. Nicholls. 12 August 2024. 30 September 2024.
Web site: The Booker Prize Podcast, Episode 10: The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens – the first woman to win the Booker Prize. The Booker Prizes. Jo. Hamya. James. Walton. 30 August 2023. 30 September 2024.
Web site: Jo Hamya - Any Form Of Tender Accepted, Yet Not Easily Acquired. Flaunt. Franchesca. Barratta. 30 September 2024.
Web site: Cape scoops 'exceptional' Hamya debut. The Bookseller. Mark. Chandler. 22 July 2020. 30 September 2024.
Web site: Hamya moves to W&N with 'dazzling' second novel. The Bookseller. Lauren. Brown. 26 June 2023. 30 September 2024.
News: Creamer . Ella . 2024-12-03 . 2024 Nero book awards shortlist announced to celebrate ‘extraordinary writing talent’ . 2024-12-03 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
Web site: Primo Page-turners Only! A Podcast about Award-Winning Books. Wondercade. Neil Patrick. Harris. 12 October 2023. 30 September 2024.
Web site: 2021-08-28 . Jo Hamya's "Three Rooms" Tells The Story Of Life During Brexit . 2024-09-30 . NPR.
Web site: Khatib . Joumana . 2024-08-13 . Book Review: ‘The Hypocrite,’ by Jo Hamya . 2024-09-11 . The New York Times.
Web site: 2024-08-14 . Social Justice for the Upper Middle Class? . 2024-09-11 . Los Angeles Review of Books.
News: Anderson . Hephzibah . 2024-04-20 . Jo Hamya: 'Could I just write one massive grey area?'. 2024-09-11 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
Web site: Rubsam . Robert . 2024-08-14 . A playwright gets back at her dad onstage in 'The Hypocrite'. 2024-09-11 . Washington Post.
News: Taranto . Julius . 2024-10-17 . The Father-Daughter Dance . 2024-09-30 . The New York Review of Books . en . 71 . 16 . 0028-7504.