Diriye Osman

Diriye Osman is a British-Somali author, visual artist, critic, and essayist based in London. He is the author of the Polari Prize-winning collection of stories, Fairytales For Lost Children (Team Angelica Press, 2013). We Once Belonged to the Sea (Team Angelica Press, 2018) is his debut novel. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Granta, The Financial Times, The Huffington Post, Vice, Poetry Review, Prospect, Time Out, Attitude, and Afropunk. He lives on a diet of Disney cartoons, graphic novels, masala chai, and Missy Elliott records.