Deborah Levy

Born: 6 August 1959

Deborah Levy is the author of seven novels, and she has been shortlisted twice for the Goldsmiths Prize and three times for the Booker Prize

Her novels include Beautiful Mutants, Swallowing Geography, The Unloved, Billy and Girl, Swimming Home, Hot Milk and The Man Who Saw Everything. Her short story collection, Black Vodka, was nominated for the International Frank O’Connor Short Story Award and was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, as were her acclaimed dramatizations of Freud’s iconic case studies, Dora and The Wolfman. She has also written for The Royal Shakespeare Company and her pioneering theatre writing is collected in Levy: Plays 1.

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Deborah Levy interview: ‘Film has its own language, and the novelist has her own language’

As the film adaptation of Hot Milk is released, Deborah Levy reflects on novels and films, fiction and non-fiction, stage and screen, and shares her reading, listening and watching recommendations

Reading guide: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

Whether you’re new to Hot Milk or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide, featuring insights from critics, our judges and the book’s author, as well as discussion points and suggestions for further reading.