Biography
Pete Kalu was born in 1965 in Manchester, England. He is the author of the 1996 poetry collection Mongrel Moon. Raised by a Danish mother and Nigerian father, Kalu explores cultural diversity in his work with a research focus on postcolonial revisions of Imperial history, Black British crime fiction, and YA fiction. He attended Lancaster University for his PhD in creative writing and has a first degree in law from Leeds University. A fiction writer and playwright, he has written several film scripts and radio and theater plays, including No Trace, winner of the 2002 Kodak/ Liverpool Black Film Festival Award. Kalu was the elected Fellow for the Royal Society for the Arts in 2013 and was awarded in the Top 50 Black British Writers 2019: Speaking Volumes.
Poetry Collections
Mongrel Moon (Poems) (Mongrel Press, November 1996); One Drop (Young adult novel) (London, UK: Andersen Press 2022 ); Zombie XI (Young Adult novel) (London, UK: HopeRoad 2016); Being Me (Young Adult novel) (London, UK: HopeRoad 2016); Silent Striker (Young Adult novel) (London, UK: HopeRoad 2015); Yard Dogs (London, UK: The X Press, 2002); Diary of a househusband (London, UK: The X Press 1998); Black Star Rising (London, UK: The X Press, June 1998); Professor X (London, UK: The X Press, October, 1995); Lick Shot (London, UK: The X Press, December 1993)
