Virginia Evans

Virginia Evans (born on June 2, 1986) is an American novelist. She won the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction with her novel The Correspondent.

Early life and education Evans was born in South Carolina in 1986. Her family moved to Severna Park, Maryland, in the early 1990s, when she was in elementary school, where she would live most of her childhood. Her father managed retirement communities, while her mother was an event planner for a catering company.

She received a Bachelor's degree in English literature from James Madison University. She started writing The Correspondent after returning to the United States. She lives in Winston-Salem, NC and is married with two children.

Works

By December 2025, The Correspondent had sold 550,000 copies and was on The New York Times best-seller list. The novel went on to win the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction.