BIO
Kiki Denis, originally from Greece, has lived in the US since 1990. She holds a BA from Mount Holyoke College and MA from Exeter University. Her first novel “The Last Day of Paradise” won the 2005 Gival Press Novel Award. Her second novel “Life is Big” is a super-novel. Kiki lives in Manhattan with her family and 34745books.
AWARDS
2021 Angel Film Awards Monaco, (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 Berlin International Art Film Festival (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 WRPN.tv Screenplay Competition (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 Kosice International Film Festival (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 Best Script Award/London (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 Florence Film Awards (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 New York Film Awards (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2021 International Independent Film Awards (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2020 NYLA Film Festival (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2020 Sicily Independent Film Awards (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2020 London Greek Film Festival (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Finalist
2020 New York Los Angeles International Film Festival (best script for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2014 Faulkner-Wisdom Novel Competition, Shortlisted
2010 Fish Publishing Short Story, Shortlisted
2009, 2006 and 2005 Faulkner-Wisdom Poetry Competition, Finalist
2007 Hollywood Book Festival (for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Honorable Mention
2005 Faulkner-Wisdom Novel-in-Progress Competition, Finalist
2005 Gival Press Novel Award (for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Winner
2005 Frances Mary Hazen Fellowship, Winner
2005 Writers at Work Novel Competition (for “The Last Day of Paradise”), Finalist
RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center, awarded a Writer’s Grant by VSC to attend a 4-week residency