AUTHOR LINKS
A. L. Kennedy
In 1993, A.L. Kennedy featured on a Granta list of Best Young British Novelists (along with such luminaries as Kazuo Ishiguro, Iain Banks, Hanif Kureishi, Ben Okri, and Alan Hollinghurst, to name but a few) and did not subsequently disappoint: her work has been consistently original, exciting and ground breaking.
Born Alison Louise Kennedy in Dundee in 1965, she attended school in Dundee before taking a degree in Theatre Studies and Drama at Warwick University. After a series of jobs, she began her writing career with the short story collection, Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains, published by Polygon in 1991. That was followed up by a succession of highly-acclaimed novels and short story collections many of which are known for their dark tone and blending of realism and fantasy. She contributes columns and reviews to European newspapers as well as appearing regularly on radio.
BOOKS BY A. L. Kennedy
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Great Expectations: Abridged for Young Readers
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Not One Tiny Bit Lovey-Dovey Moon Adventure
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We Are Attempting to Survive Our Time
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The Little Snake
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Memento Mori
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Pajimminy-Crimminy Unusual Adventure
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Pajimminy-Crimminy Unusual Adventure
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Serious Sweet: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure
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Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure
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Serious Sweet
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Serious Sweet
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Paradise: (Scottish Classics)
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Doctor Who: the Drosten’s Curse
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Doctor Who: The Drosten’s Curse
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Dear Scotland: Notes to Our Nation
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On Writing
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All the Rage
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All the Rage
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Doctor Who: the Death Pit (Time Trips)
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On Writing
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On Writing
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The Blue Book
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The Blue Book
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The Blue Book
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Looking for the Possible Dance
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Original Bliss
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So I am Glad
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Indelible Acts
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Now That You’re Back
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Everything You Need
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Paradise
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On Bullfighting
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Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
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What Becomes
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Memento Mori
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What Becomes
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What Becomes
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Day
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Day
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Day
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Paradise
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Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
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Paradise
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Now That You’re Back
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On Bullfighting
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Everything You Need
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On Bullfighting
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Original Bliss
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Now That You’re Back
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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So I am Glad
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Looking for the Possible Dance
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