“The
pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach,
an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is
such a wonderfully flexible form.” – Penelope Lively
Born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1933, Lively started writing in her late
30s and achieved her first successes with a children’s fantasy book, Astercote. Branching out to adult fiction in her
40s she was an instant success, her first two novels nominated for the Booker
Prize and the third, Moon Tiger, winning the award. She also won the Carnegie Medal for her
children’s book The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.
Honored by the Queen as a Dame
Commander of the Order of the British Empire for “services to literature,” she
has authored some 30 books for children and 20 for adults, plus numerous short
stories. She also has written radio and
television scripts, presented a radio program, and contributed reviews and
articles to various newspapers and journals.
And, she said, a key part of her writing routine has been being a good
reader.
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