DG Coutinho They landed the  Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2021. They also  perform spoken word as DGC. They are the cofounder and MC of Boisterous Ravens  a spoken word event featuring  Black, Brown and Global Majority women and Non- Binary performers. They write short stories, dabbled in scriptwriting.  They are also a card carrying coffee snob. The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin is their first novel OUT NOW