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Rising stars 2017

The Observer's pick of the people who’ll be making waves in 2017

1 January 2017

  • Observer New Review rising stars for 2017 Kloe Pop singer from Glasgow photographed at tileyard studios november 2016

    Rising stars of 2017: singer Kloe

  • Felicia Yap photographed at the offices of Hachette UK in London. Three publishers battled it out in the final round in an auction for rights to "The Day After Yesterday". It is Yap's first book. .Felicia Yap grew up in Kuala Lumpur. She read biochemistry at Imperial College London, followed by a doctorate in history (and a half-blue in competitive ballroom dancing) at Cambridge University. She has written for 'The Economist' and the 'Business Times'. She has also been a radioactive-cell biologist, a war historian, a Cambridge lecturer, a technology journalist, a theatre critic, a flea-market trader and a catwalk model. Felicia lives in London and is a recent graduate of the Faber Academy's novel-writing program.

    Rising stars of 2017: novelist Felicia Yap

  • Rising stars of 2017: campaigner Faiza Shaheen

  • krtin nithiyanandam holding a human skull at the wellcome collection in london

    Rising stars of 2017: research scientist Krtin Nithiyanandam

  • Rising stars of 2017: comedian Lolly Adefope

  • Rising stars of 2017: artist Aaron Angell

  • Rising stars of 2017: film director William Oldroyd

  • Rising stars of 2017: actor Morfydd Clark

  • Rising stars of 2017: architecture practice Interrobang

  • Rising stars of 2017: chef Lopè Ariyo

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