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Chris Cleave
(b.1973)Chris Cleave is a novelist and is currently moonlighting as columnist for The Guardian newspaper in London.
His debut novel Incendiary was an international bestseller published in 20 countries to awards and critical acclaim. A controversial open letter to Osama bin Laden,Incendiary gained notoriety for the macabre coincidence of its UK publication on 7th July 2005, the day of the London terrorist bombings.
Inspired by his early childhood in West Africa and by an accidental visit to a British concentration camp, Cleave’s second novel is entitled The Other Hand in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is entitled Little Bee in the US and Canada.
His debut novel Incendiary was an international bestseller published in 20 countries to awards and critical acclaim. A controversial open letter to Osama bin Laden,Incendiary gained notoriety for the macabre coincidence of its UK publication on 7th July 2005, the day of the London terrorist bombings.
Inspired by his early childhood in West Africa and by an accidental visit to a British concentration camp, Cleave’s second novel is entitled The Other Hand in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is entitled Little Bee in the US and Canada.
Genres: Historical, General Fiction
Novels
Incendiary (2005)
The Other Hand (2008)
aka Little Bee
Gold (2012)
Everyone Brave is Forgiven (2016)
The Other Hand (2008)
aka Little Bee
Gold (2012)
Everyone Brave is Forgiven (2016)
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Chris Cleave recommends
The Shock of the Light (2026)
Lori Inglis Hall
"Lori Inglis Hall is an exceptional storyteller, with the moral precision of Pat Barker and the skillful restraint of Irene Nemirovsky. With The Shock of the Light, she draws from history a story for our own troubled times: a reminder of how love endures when conflict divides us. Exquisitely written and deeply human, this stunning novel affirms the courage and compassion that survive even in terrible darkness."
Cecily (2021)
Annie Garthwaite
"Masterful and majestic, here is England's unspoken history told by one brilliant woman through the life of another. This important novel blazes on every page from its brutal first scene to its glittering final act. Immense."
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