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Lucy Ellmann


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Novelist Lucy Ellmann was born on 18 October 1956 in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of biographer Richard Ellmann and writer Mary Ellmann (née Donahue). She moved to England at the age of 13 and was educated at Falmouth School of Art (Foundation degree, 1975), Essex University (BA, 1980), and the Courtauld Institute of Art (MA, 1981).
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Sweet Desserts (1988)
   Varying Degrees of Hopelessness (1991)
   Man or Mango? (1998)
   Dot in the Universe (2003)
   Doctors and Nurses (2006)
   Mimi (2013)
   Ducks, Newburyport (2017)
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Lucy Ellmann recommends
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The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman (2023)
Molly Lynch
"How can women bear America? The only answer, I think, is for them all to leave. This wise, complex and fascinating novel touches on that possibility."
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After Sappho (2022)
Selby Wynn Schwartz
"This book is splendid: Impish, irate, deep, courageous. . . . Brava!"
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Bird Summons (2019)
Leila Aboulela
"BIRD SUMMONS is a magic carpet ride into the forest of history and the lives of women. Deep and wild."

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Awards
Guardian Fiction Prize Best Novel winner (1988) : Sweet Desserts
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee (1998) : Man or Mango?
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing Best Novel nominee (2003) : Dot in the Universe
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2019) : Ducks, Newburyport
Goldsmiths Prize Best Book winner (2019) : Ducks, Newburyport


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