Ilona Bannister

Ilona Bannister is from New York and was admitted to practice law in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She worked in immigration law in the UK before turning to fiction. Her family’s migration from Ukraine to the United States, along with her experiences as an American mother in Britain, informed her writing about difference and belonging. Her debut novel, “When I Ran Away,” was shortlisted for the First Novel Prize in 2021.