A L Kennedy

​A L Kennedy is the author of novels, non-fiction, and collections of short stories. Her novel, Day, was the Costa Book of the Year. She has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won many prizes including the Lannan Literary Award, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at Warwick University. She is also a stand-up comedian, and a writer-presenter on film and radio. Her latest novel is The Blue Book (Jonathan Cape).


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