Malika Booker (born 1970)[1] is a British writer, poet and multi-disciplinary artist, who is considered[by whom?]
[2][3] Her writing spans different genres of storytelling, including poetry, theatre, monologue, installation and education, and her work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies.
[5] Booker began writing and performing poetry while studying anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
[8] She has written for radio and for the stage, and her work has appeared in journals and anthologies including Bittersweet: Contemporary Black Women’s Poetry (1998), The India International Journal (2005), Ten New Poets (2010), Out of Bounds, Black & Asian Poets (2012), and New Daughters of Africa (2019).
[9] In 2020, Booker won the Forward Prize for "Best Single Poem – Written" for "The Little Miracles", published in Magma.