Stephanie Sy-Quia

Stephanie Sy-Quia (born 1995) is a British–American writer. Her first novel, A Private Man, was published in 2026.

Biography Born in California and now living in London, Sy-Quia attended the The King's School, Canterbury, then went on to study English at Oxford University.

She has written for publications including The Guardian, The White Review, Boston Review, Granta, Los Angeles Review of Books, The London Magazine, Tribune, and The TLS. Sy-Quia is a Ledbury Poetry Critic and has been shortlisted for the Bodley Head Essay Prize.

Her debut poetry collection, Amnion, was published by Granta the Somerset Maugham Award, the Eric Gregory Award, and was the Poetry Book Society's Winter Recommendation. Amnion was also longlisted for the Rathbones Folio and RSL Ondaatje Prizes.

Sy-Quia's debut novel, A Private Man, was published in 2026, with its author being chosen by The Observer as one of the year's best debut novelists.