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Penelope Lively


UK flag (b.1933)
Mother of Adam Lively

Penelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: once in 1977 for her first novel, The Road to Lichfield, and again in 1984 for According to Mark. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel Moon Tiger.

She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. She was appointed CBE in the 2001 New Year's Honours List, and DBE in 2012. Penelope Lively lives in London. She was married to Jack Lively, who died in 1998.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Romance
 
Novels
   Astercote (1970)
   The Whispering Knights (1971)
   The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (1971)
     aka The Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds
   The Driftway (1972)
   The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973)
   The House in Norham Gardens (1974)
   Going Back (1975)
   A Stitch in Time (1976)
   Fanny's Sister (1976)
   The Road to Lichfield (1977)
   The Voyage of QV 66 (1978)
   Treasures of Time (1979)
   Judgement Day (1980)
   The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (1981)
   Next to Nature, Art (1982)
   Perfect Happiness (1983)
   According to Mark (1984)
   Moon Tiger (1987)
   The City of the Mind (1988)
   Passing On (1989)
   Cleopatra's Sister (1993)
   Heat Wave (1996)
   Spiderweb (1998)
   A House Unlocked (2001)
   The Photograph (2003)
   Making It Up (2005)
   Consequences (2007)
   Family Album (2009)
   How It All Began (2011)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Abroad (2013)
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Anthologies edited
   The May Anthologies (1999)
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Series contributed to
Picador New Writing
   Picador New Writing: Vol 10 (2001) (with George Szirtes)
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Picture Books show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Penelope Lively recommends
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Clear (2024)
Carys Davies
"With Clear, Carys Davies has again done brilliantly what she does best - saying most by saying least. She has the rare gift of eloquent brevity - Clear is astute, moving, unexpected."
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The Three Graces (2023)
Amanda Craig
"I revelled in The Three Graces - such an intriguing cast, so convincingly presented, and a narrative that continually surprises. The Tuscan backdrop is illuminating, the apposition between old and young so persuasively displayed. A terrific read."
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Winchelsea (2022)
Alex Preston
"I was riveted. Winchelsea is a great read - terrific narrative drive, credible characters, and such an elegant creation of the backdrop in terms of both time and place."

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Anthologies containing stories by Penelope Lively
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Loss (2013)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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Life (2013)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Peter Haining

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Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Book winner (1974) : The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1977) : The Road to Lichfield
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1984) : According to Mark
Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1987) : Moon Tiger
Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2009) : Family Album


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