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Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher is an author and journalist who was chosen by Granta to appear on their prestigious, once-a-decade list of the twenty best young British novelists
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Julie Myerson
Although Julie Myerson made her name with her often dark fiction, it was her near-the-knuckle writings about her own children that caused a minor scandal and divided her readers
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Robert Edric
Robert Edric is the pseudonym of Gary Edric Armitage and he writes under both names. He is a prolific author who never stints on quality, as evidenced by his 2002 and 2006 longlistings
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Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry is one of a small group of authors to have been nominated for the Booker Prize five times
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Tash Aw
Born in Taiwan, Tash Aw is the author of five novels, three of which have been longlisted for the Booker Prize
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Harry Thompson
Harry Thompson was a highly successful British television producer who somehow found time to write several widely acclaimed books
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Kate Grenville
Australian author Kate Grenville’s fifth novel, The Idea of Perfection, won the Orange Prize in 2001
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Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker was named as one of the 20 Best Young British Novelists by Granta in 2005. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages
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Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai was born in New Delhi, India, was educated in India, England and the United States, and now lives in New York
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The Fishermen
Chigozie Obioma combines classic African storytelling with contemporary fiction in this haunting fable suffused with supernatural power