Paul Mendez | |
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 Mendez at theBritish Library in 2024 | |
| Born | 1982 Dudley, England |
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| Notable works | Rainbow Milk |
Paul Mendez (born in 1982)[1] is a British writer based inLondon. They wrote the 2020semi-autobiographical novelRainbow Milk.[2][3][4]
Mendez was born inDudley,[5] West Midlands to a second generation Jamaican-British family and raised as aJehovah's Witness.[1] Disfellowshipped for their sexuality,[5] Mendez left their parents' house at age seventeen and began their studies in engineering at theUniversity of Greenwich. Mendez dropped out after nine months but remained inTonbridge before moving toBirmingham in 2003 and then London in 2004 to study acting. They became asex worker.[6]
In 2012, Mendez met Sharmaine Lovegrove at a party and when she became a publisher at Dialogue Books, Mendez sent her the manuscript which would become their debut novelRainbow Milk, released in 2020.[6]
Mendez lives inHampstead. They began a relationship with novelistAlan Hollinghurst in 2018, which has since ended.[7][8]
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