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Lionel Shriver
American author
United States · b. 1957
Arts and letters
About
Born in North Carolina, Lionel Shriver, 58, wrote six novels before We Need To Talk About Kevin, which became a global bestseller, won the 2005 Orange prize and was adpated into a film. She discusses her new novel, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047, at The Tabernacle in London on 10 May and the Brighton Festival on 11 May. She is married to jazz musician Jeff Williams, and lives in London and Brooklyn.
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