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Alison Louise Kennedy (born 22 October 1965) is a Scots writer, academic and stand-up comedian. She writes novels, short stories and non-fiction, and is known for her dark tone and her blending of realism and fantasy .
A. L. Kennedy is a Scottish novelist and short-story writer, known for her bleak and wry portrayals of human despair and misery. She has won several awards, including the Costa Book of the Year, and has also written for children and Doctor Who.
- Dundee, Scotland
- Jonathan Cape Ltd, Walker Books Ltd
A.L.Kennedy was born in Dundee. She lived for almost 30 years in Glasgow and now stays in North Essex. She has won a variety of UK and international book awards, including a Lannan Award, the Costa Prize, The Heinrich Heine Preis, the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rees Prize.
Scottish short-story writer and novelist. Examine the life, times, and work of A. L. Kennedy through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
Alison Louise Kennedy is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for a characteristically dark tone, a blending of realism and fantasy, and for her serious approach to her work.
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- October 22, 1965
Jun 22, 2024 · Scottish novelist and short‐story writer, born in Dundee, who moves almost seamlessly between the novel and the short story.
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A.L. Kennedy – Alison Louise Kennedy – is a writer of serious, often dark, fiction who is also a stand-up comedian and, possibly linking the two, a columnist on Brexit for a German newspaper.
