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Lissa Evans


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After a brief career in medicine, and an even briefer one in stand-up, Lissa Evans became a comedy producer, first in radio and then in television. She co-created Room 101 with Nick Hancock, produced Father Ted and co-produced and directed The Kumars at Number 42. Novels include Spencer’s List and Odd One Out. Lissa Evans lives in north London.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical
 
New and upcoming books
September 2024

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Small Bomb At Dimperley
 
Series
Stuart
   1. Small Change for Stuart (2011)

     aka Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms

   2. Big Change for Stuart (2012)
     aka Horten's Incredible Illusions
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Novels
   Spencer's List (2002)
   Odd One Out (2004)
   Their Finest (2009)
     aka Their Finest Hour and a Half
   Crooked Heart (2014)
   Wed Wabbit (2017)
   Old Baggage (2018)
   V for Victory (2020)
   Wished (2022)
   Small Bomb At Dimperley (2024)
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Lissa Evans recommends
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The Three Graces (2023)
Amanda Craig
"Gorgeous and generous... rich with characters and suffused with sunlight. It has so much to say on age - the three graces of the title are all over eighty; wonderful to have elderly characters, so usually marginal, right at the centre of the plot."
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Pet (2023)
Catherine Chidgey
"A remarkable and original writer, whose novels have the golden combination of being both riveting and superbly written."
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To Battersea Park (2023)
Philip Hensher
"An utterly engrossing skein of narratives, beautifully written and often disturbing."

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Award nominations
2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Best Book : Old Baggage
2018 Carnegie Medal for Best Book : Wed Wabbit
2018 Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book : Wed Wabbit
2017 Costa Children's Book Award for Best Book : Wed Wabbit
2012 Carnegie Medal for Best Book : Small Change for Stuart
2011 Costa Children's Book Award for Best Novel : Small Change for Stuart
2002 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Best Novel : Spencer's List


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