Brandon Purves

Brandon Purves studied Creative Writing at York St. John University before winning the Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writer’s Prize in 2025 for his debut romance, DO NOT KISS NICHOLAS PRINCE. Originally from Berwick-upon-Tweed in North East, England, he spent a year working in British Columbia, Canada, before returning to the U.K. to pursue a writing career inspired by his travels and his hometown.