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Autumn
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Autumn

The first volume of a shape-shifting seasonal quartet from Ali Smith about our time, past time, ageing, love and stories themselves
Tim Winton
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Tim Winton

Tim Winton has been described as one of the greatest living Australian writers
Samanta Schweblin
Samanta Schweblin is the author of three story collections that have won numerous awards, and she has been nominated for the International Booker Prize three times
David Storey
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David Storey

David Storey was born in Wakefield, England. He studied at the Slade School of Art, before a writing career that yielded 15 plays and 11 novels
Thomas Kilroy
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Thomas Kilroy

Thomas Kilroy wrote only one novel, The Big Chapel. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1971 and won the 1971 Guardian Fiction Prize
Elizabeth Mavor
Elizabeth Mavor was in born in Glasgow, Scotland. Her novel The Green Equinox was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1973
Susan Hill
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Susan Hill

Dame Susan Hill is a novelist and publisher who was Booker Prize-shortlisted in 1972 for The Bird of Night. As a judge: ‘I took the mountain of submitted novels on my honeymoon’
Julia O'Faolain
Julia O'Faolain was born in London. Her novel No Country for Young Men was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1980
Julian Rathbone
Julian Rathbone's novel Diamonds Bid was published in 1967. It was the first of many books in a career that spanned more than 40 years
RC Hutchinson
R.C. Hutchinson was born in Finchley, England. He published his first novel in 1930 and gave up his job in advertising to write full-time in 1935