A.L. Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 14 books: 6 novels, 5 short story collections, and 3 works of non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Her next book All The Rage a new collection of short stories will be published by Jonathan Cape in 2014. She is also a dramatist for the stage, radio, TV and film.
She writes for a number of UK and overseas publications and has a regular blog with The Guardian online.
A.L. Kennedy's website
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