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Esther Freud


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Esther Freud was born in London in 1963.She trained as an actress before writing her first novel Hideous Kinky, published in 1991. Hideous Kinky was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. In 1993 she was chosen by Granta as one of the Best of Young British Novelists. She lives in London with her husband and three children.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Hideous Kinky (1992)
   Peerless Flats (1993)
   Meeting Bilal (1996)
   Gaglow (1997)
   Summer at Gaglow (1998)
   The Wild (2000)
   The Sea House (2003)
   Love Falls (2007)
   Lucky Break (2011)
   Mr Mac and Me (2014)
   I Couldn't Love You More (2021)
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Collections
   Ox-Tales:Water (2009) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Transference (2016)
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Plays show
 
Esther Freud recommends
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Devil's Breath (2023)
(Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery, book 1)
Jill Johnson
"A creeper vine of intrigue and suspense, with a most unlikely and engaging star detective at its heart."
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The Harpy (2020)
Megan Hunter
"It’s utterly compelling and I read it without pause. So precise and darkly truthful. I thought it succeeding in illuminating – with flair and originality – the damage done by betrayal."
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The Silence (2020)
Susan Allott
"A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days."

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Anthologies containing stories by Esther Freud
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Reader, I Married Him (2016)
Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre
edited by
Tracy Chevalier

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