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[ 0 => '{{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->', 1 => '| name = Queenie', 2 => '| image = ', 3 => '| caption = ', 4 => '| author = [[Candice Carty-Williams]]', 5 => '| country = United Kingdom', 6 => '| language = English', 7 => '| genre = [[New adult fiction]]', 8 => '| publisher = [[Orion Publishing Group|Orion Publishing]]', 9 => '| isbn = ', 10 => '| cover_artist = ', 11 => '| pub_date = March 19, 2019', 12 => '| media_type = Print ([[hardcover]] and [[paperback]]), [[audiobook]], [[e-book]]', 13 => '| pages = 330 (hardcover)', 14 => '}}', 15 => ''''''Queenie''''' is a fiction novel written by British author [[Candice Carty-Williams]] and published by [[Orion Publishing Group|Orion Publishing]] in 2019. The novel is about the life and loves of Queenie Jenkins, a vibrant, troubled 25-year-old British-Jamaican woman who is not having a very good year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/candice-carty-williams/queenie-carty-williams/|title=Queenie |date=12 November 2018 |website=[[Kirkus Reviews]] }}</ref>', 16 => '', 17 => '==Background==', 18 => 'In 2017 ''Queenie'' was the subject of an auction between four publishers and was eventually acquired for a six-figure sum by Orion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/orion-acquires-candice-carty-williams-debut-queenie-644971|title=Carty-Williams' debut Queenie lands six-figure deal|last=Cowdrey |first=Katherine |date=29 September 2017 |website=The Bookseller }}</ref> Although it was marketed as "a black [[Bridget Jones]]",<ref name=Hirsch>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/5554283/queenie-candice-carty-williams/|title=Don't Call Queenie a 'Black Bridget Jones.' This Book Is So Much More|last=Hirsch |first=Afua |date=19 March 2019 |website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}</ref><ref name=Evans>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/12/queenie-candice-carty-williams-review|title=Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams review – timely and important|last=Evans |first=Diana |date=12 April 2020 |website=The Guardian }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/candice-cartywilliams-interview-a4125761.html|title=Candice Carty-Williams: it’s high time black women had a voice|last=Butter |first=Susannah |date=25 April 2019 |website=[[Evening Standard]] }}</ref> Carty-Williams herself said in an interview in ''[[Stylist (magazine)|Stylist]]'' magazine: "That's how I thought of her in the beginning, too. But this book is also naturally political just because of who Queenie is. She's not Bridget Jones. She could never be."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/candice-carty-williams-queenie-representation-sex/259605|title=Candice Carty Williams explains why Queenie will never be a 'black Bridget Jones'|last=Keegan |first=Hannah |date=3 April 2019 |work=Stylist }}</ref> Speaking on [[CBS Local]], Carty-Williams further explained: "It's such a personal story, but it is one that is universal as well....It's not autobiographical, but it’s themes that I've borrowed from my life and my friends' lives."<ref>[https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/25/candice-carty-williams-queenie/ "'Getting This Out Was Catharsis': Author Candice Carty-Williams On Book 'Queenie'"], CBS Local, 25 November 2019.</ref>', 19 => '', 20 => '==Reception==', 21 => '''Queenie'' received much positive critical attention,<ref>Lloyd, Rachel (17 May 2019), [https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/cheats-guide/all-you-need-to-know-about-queenie-by-candice-cartywilliams "All you need to know about “Queenie” by Candice Carty-Williams"], ''[[1843 (magazine)|1843]]''.</ref> described by reviewers as both a "smart and breezy comic debut"<ref>Cummins, Anthony (16 April 2019), [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/16/queenie-candice-carty-williams-review "Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams review – a smart and breezy debut"], ''[[The Observer]]''.</ref> and "astutely political, an essential commentary on everyday racism"<ref>Malicka, Philly (17 July 2919), [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/queenie-candice-carty-williams-review-essential-commentary-everyday/ "Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, review: ‘An essential commentary on everyday racism'"], ''The Telegraph''.</ref> According to [[Diana Evans]], ''Queenie'' is an "important political tome of black womanhood and black British life, a rare perspective from the margins",<ref name=Evans /> and [[Afua Hirsch]] wrote in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine: "Carty-Williams has taken a black woman’s story and made it a story of the age".<ref name=Hirsch /> On the paperback publication of ''Queenie'' in February 2020, [[Kate Saunders]] wrote in ''[[The Times]]'': "This is a funny, clever, heartbreaking lightning bolt of a first novel, by a writer bristling with talent."<ref>Saunders, Kate (8 February 2020), [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/our-pick-of-the-latest-paperbacks-february-8-2020-txvl873sg "Our pick of the latest paperbacks, February 8, 2020"], ''The Times''.</ref>', 22 => '', 23 => '''Queenie'' entered the ''[[Sunday Times]]'' Bestseller hardback chart at number two,<ref name="leaves Vintage">{{cite web |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/carty-williams-leaves-vintage-1022341|title= Candice Carty-Williams leaves Vintage|last= Wood|first=Heloise|date=13 June 2019 |website=[[The Bookseller]] }}</ref> went on to win the [[Blackwell's]] Debut Book of the Year 2019 award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3weQ8RAI8|title= WINNER Debut Author of the Year|date= 8 November 2019|website=YouTube |publisher=Blackwell's Bookshops|access-date=12 January 2020 }}</ref> and was shortlisted as Book of the Year by [[Waterstones Book of the Year|Waterstones]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/queenie-candice-carty-williams-black-bridget-jones-waterstones-book-of-the-year-2019-822225|title=Queenie: 'Black Bridget Jones' competes with Margaret Atwood for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019|last=Sherwin |first=Adam |date=30 October 2019 |website=[[i (newspaper)|i]]}}</ref> [[Foyles]] and [[Goodreads]],<ref name=columnist>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2020/jan/07/candice-carty-williams-to-become-the-guardians-new-books-columnist|title=Candice Carty-Williams to become the Guardian’s new books columnist|last=GNM Press Office |date=7 January 2020 |website=The Guardian }}</ref> as well as being runner-up for the [[Costa Book Awards|Costa First Novel Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/26/debut-author-of-queenie-caps-success-with-costa-prize-shortlisting|title=Debut author of Queenie caps success with Costa prize shortlisting|last= Flood|first=Alison |date= 26 November 2019|website=The Guardian }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/costa-book-awards-shortlist-2019-a4297681.html|title=The Costa Book Awards shortlist for 2019 has been announced|last=Hampson |first=Laura |date=27 November 2019 |website= Evening Standard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/debut-writers-win-big-in-2019-costa-book-award-19772412|title=Debut Writers Win Big In 2019 Costa Book Award|last=Broster |first=Alice |date=7 January 2020 }}</ref> It has been announced that Carty-Williams is adapting the novel for [[Channel 4]].<ref>Broster, Alice (18 November 2019), [https://www.bustle.com/p/what-you-need-to-know-about-candice-carty-williams-queenie-being-adapted-for-channel-4-19358475 "What You Need To Know About Candice Carty-Williams' 'Queenie' Being Adapted For Channel 4"], ''[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]''.</ref>', 24 => '', 25 => 'At the [[British Book Awards]] in June 2020 ''Queenie'' won the Book of the Year category,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/history|title=The British Book Awards – A History|work=The Bookseller}}</ref> while [[Bernardine Evaristo]] was chosen as Author of the Year, making them the first black authors to win the top prizes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2020-06-30|title=Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/29/candice-carty-williams-bernardine-evaristo-first-black-authors-to-win-top-british-book-awards|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Carty-Williams commented that while she was proud to have won the accolade, "I'm also sad and confused that I'm the first black AND female author to have won this award since it began."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53218235|title=Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams wins British Book Award|publisher=BBC News|date=30 June 2020}}</ref> She also stated: "Overall, this win makes me hopeful that although I'm the first, the industry are waking up to the fact that I shouldn't and won't be the last."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/british-book-awards-winners-candice-carty-williams-bernardine-evaristo-oyinkan-braithwaite-a9592461.html|title=British Book Awards: Candice Carty-Williams becomes first black British author to win Book of the Year prize|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Adam|last=White|date=30 June 2020}}</ref>', 26 => '', 27 => '''Queenie'' was selected for the longlist for the [[Women's Prize for Fiction]] 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/03/womens-prize-for-fiction-lines-up-heavy-hitters-on-2020-longlist|title=Women's prize for fiction lines up 'heavy hitters' on 2020 longlist|first=Alison|last=Flood|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 March 2020}}</ref> In September 2020 the novel was runner-up in the Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP).<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/comedy-women-in-print-prize-2020-winners-a4547581.html|title=Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 winners announced|first=Rosie|last=Fitzmaurice|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|date=14 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stibbe-jones-and-simmonds-named-among-cwip-winners-1219096|title=Stibbe, Jones and Simmonds named CWIP winners|author=Katherine Cowdrey|work=The Bookseller|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>', 28 => '', 29 => '==References==', 30 => '{{reflist}}', 31 => '', 32 => '[[Category:2019 debut novels]]', 33 => '[[Category:British Book Award-winning works]]' ]