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Ciaran Carson
The Northern Irish writer Ciaran Carson was better known for his poetry than his prose. Shamrock Tea featured the author himself as part of a hard-to-classify blend
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Javier Cercas
Javier Cercas was born in Ibahernando, Spain, in April 1962
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Neil Cross
Neil Cross’s nomination ironically marked the end of his career as a full-time novelist. He decided to adapt his longlisted novel, Always the Sun, for the screen and found a new career
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Bill Clegg
Bill Clegg turned to fiction after writing two memoirs detailing his addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol. If there’s more to say about the subject of dependency, he says, ‘I'll tell my cat, Benny’
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Maylis de Kerangal
Maylis de Kerangal is the multi-award-winning author of several novels and short stories
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Achmat Dangor
Poetry, short stories and novels were just one part of Achmat Dangor’s life. Another was his career as a humanitarian and literary activist in his home country, South Africa
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Julia Darling
Julia Darling, longlisted for The Taxi Driver’s Daughter, was born in the house Jane Austen died in, so her fate was settled early: what else could she do but write?
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Louise Dean
Louise Dean, longlisted for her first novel, Becoming Strangers, once memorably likened writing to good bowel habits: 'Do it regularly, at the same time each day, and use plenty of paper'
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Seamus Deane
Seamus Deane was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. His novel Reading in the Dark was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1996
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Emma Donoghue
Novelist Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin, and is most widely known for her international bestseller, Room