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A S Byatt


(Antonia Susan Byatt Duffy)
UK flag (1936 - 2023)
Sister of Margaret Drabble

A.S. Byatt was educated in York and at Newnham College, Cambridge, and taught at the Central School of Art before becoming a full-time writer. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999.

Genres: Fantasy, Literary Fiction
 
Series
Frederica
   1. The Virgin in the Garden (1978)
   2. Still Life (1985)
   3. Babel Tower (1996)
   4. A Whistling Woman (2002)
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Novels
   The Game (1967)
   Possession (1990)
   The Shadow of the Sun (1991)
   The Biographer's Tale (2000)
   The Children's Book (2009)
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Collections
   The Matisse Stories (1975)
   Sugar (1987)
   Passions of the Mind (1990)
   Angels and Insects (1992)
   Deadly Sins (1994) (with others)
   The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (1994)
   Elementals (1998)
   The Little Black Book of Stories (2003)
   Medusa's Ankles (2021)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Body Art (2011)
   The Pink Ribbon (2011)
   Raw Material (2011)
   A Stone Woman (2011)
   The Thing in the Forest (2011)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Myths
   13. Ragnarok (2011)
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Non fiction show
 
A S Byatt recommends
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CoDex 1962 (2018)
Sjón
"An extraordinary and original writer."
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Seven Houses in France (2011)
Bernardo Atxaga
"A brilliantly inventive writer... at once terribly moving and wildly funny."
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Jamrach's Menagerie (2011)
Carol Birch
"Completely original."

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Anthologies containing stories by A S Byatt
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Ghostly (2015)
A Collection of Ghost Stories
edited by
Audrey Niffenegger
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Life (2013)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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Best European Fiction 2013 (2012)
(Best European Fiction)
edited by
Aleksandar Hemon

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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1990) : Possession: A Romance
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book winner (1998) : The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1999) : Cold
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book nominee (2000) : Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2009) : The Children's Book
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (2009) : The Children's Book


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