Lionel Shriver
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Lionel Shriver was born Margaret Ann Shriver on May 18, 1957 in Gastonia, North Carolina. She changed her first name because of her preference for it. She was educated at Barnard College, and Columbia University (BA, MFA). She has lived in Nairobi, Bangkok and Belfast, and currently lives in visa mer London. Shriver wrote seven novels and published six (one novel could not find a publisher) before writing We Need to Talk About Kevin, which she called her "make or break" novel. She won the 2005 Orange Prize for her eighth published novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, a thriller and close study of maternal ambivalence, and the role it might have played in the title character's decision to murder nine people at his high school. The book created a lot of controversy, and achieved success through word of mouth. The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 was published in May 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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- Andra namn
- Shriver, Margaret Ann (birth name)
- Födelsedag
- 1957-05-08
- Kön
- female
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- USA
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- Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Nairobi, Kenya
Bangkok, Thailand
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
London, England, UK
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Utbildning
- Barnard College (AB)
Barnard College (MFA) - Yrken
- author
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metalsmithing tutor - Organisationer
- The Economist
The Guardian - Agent
- Kim Witherspoon (InkWell Management)
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We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver i Orange January/July (februari 2013)
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