Georgina Lawton

Georgina Lawton (born 1992 in Shepherd's Bush, London) is a British-Irish-Nigerian writer whose personal narrative is the subject of a non-fiction book: ''Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth About Where I Belong'' (). Part-memoir, part-socio-political discussion, the book focuses on the construct of racial identity in the homes exploring Lawton's experience of being mixed-black in a white home with two white parents without knowing why, and discovering she was the product of a brief liaison between her mother and her birth father. Taking a DNA test after the latter died showed her to be greater than 40% Nigerian.

A ''Guardian Weekend'' columnist, she regularly contributes to the paper and also writes about travel, race and identity for other publications. Lawton presented and produced the five-part award-winning podcast The Secrets In Us, where she discussed more of her story along with others in similar positions, focusing on DNA testing and the science behind them. The podcast won bronze at The British Podcast Awards 2021, and gold at the NY Radio Awards. Provided by Wikipedia