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'The best young writer in Britain' - Bookseller, 2010. | Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria in 1974. She received a BA from Aberystwyth University, Wales, and a MLitt in Creative Writing from St Andrews, Scotland. She is the author of Haweswater, which won the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel, a Society of Authors Betty Trask Award, and a Lakeland Book of the Year prize. In 2004, her second novel, The Electric Michelangelo, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia region), and the Prix Femina Etranger, and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her third novel, The Carhullan Army, was published in 2007, and won the 2006/07 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, a Lakeland Book of the Year prize, was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction, and long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC Award. The Carhullan Army was listed as one of The Times 100 Best Books of the Decade. Her fourth novel, How To Paint A Dead Man, was published in 2009 and was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and won the Portico Prize for Fiction 2010. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her first collection of short stories, titled The Beautiful Indifference, was published by Faber & Faber in November 2011. The Beautiful Indifference won the Portico Prize for Fiction 2012 and the Edge Hill short story prize, it was also short-listed for the Frank O'Connor Prize. 'When you listen to something like that, there's no doubting the power of fiction to get to the grim heart of things.' Val McDermid, commenting on Butcher's Perfume on Radio 4's Pick of the Week. The story was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Jonathan Ruppin, Foyles Web Editor, recommends the collection here: www.foyles.co.uk Sarah Hall is an honorary fellow of Aberystwyth University, and a fellow of the Civitella Ranieri Foundation (2007). She has judged a number of prestigious literary awards and prizes. She tutors for the Faber Academy, The Guardian, the Arvon Foundation, and has taught creative writing in a variety of establishments in the UK and abroad. Sarah currently lives in Norwich, Norfolk. |
Latest News: Sarah is on BBC Radio 3's The Verb reading an extract of the new novel in progress and talking about short stories. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cnr08 Sarah wins the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 with her story 'Mrs Fox' www.booktrust.org.uk/news 'Mrs Fox' on Radio 4, 23rd September: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bddd0 Sarah is going to be a judge for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes ww.thesundaytimes.co.uk Sarah has been drawn from the Folio Academy members to be a judge for the inaugural Folio Prize for Fiction. www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books The short story commissioned by the BBC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan will air on 16th August at 3.45 on Radio 4. The new story is called Theatre Six. www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/posts/The-Feminine-Mystique - Theatre Six transcript Sarah has recently recorded a program on the Cumbrian literary landscape for Radio 4's Open Book, where she talks about Haweswater, The Carhullan Army, and stories from The Beautiful Indifference, with Mariella Frostrup. Sunday 11th August (repeated 15th). Listen to Sarah talking about the film Bladerunner as part of Front Row's Cultural Exchange Sarah is currently working on a commission for the jewellery designer, Tatty Devine. Sarah's short story collection The Beautiful Indifference recently got an honourable mention in an interview with James Salter for Guernica magazine. www.guernicamag.com Sarah has written a new short story, called Wilderness, for the Guardian short fiction series on water. For information on our Privacy & Cookie Policy, please click here |
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BBC National Short Story Award 2013