Virginia Evans
Virginia Evans is an American novelist from the East Coast of the United States. She earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from James Madison University and a master's of philosophy in creative writing from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Evans currently resides in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, two children, and their dog, Brigid. She is the author of "The Correspondent," a debut novel that gained significant critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching the New York Times Best Seller list. Evans previously wrote seven unpublished novels over 18 years before "The Correspondent" was published.
Awards
['2026 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel', '2026 Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Fiction', '2026 James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize for Debut Novel', 'Audie Award, Best Ensemble Performance, 2026']
Notable Works
['The Correspondent']
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