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This searchable database contains profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important writers. Each profile includes a biography, bibliography, critical reviews and information about awards.

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Zoe Fairbairns

Zoe Fairbairns was born in England on 20 December 1948, and educated at the University of St. Andrew...

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Helen Falconer
Helen Falconer

Novelist Helen Falconer was born and brought up in London. She was educated at Camden School for Gir...

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Sara Fanelli

Sara Fanelli was born in 1969 in Florence, where she studied for a Diploma di Maturita at the Liceo ...

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Paul Farley

Poet Paul Farley was born in Liverpool, England in 1965 and studied at the Chelsea School of Art. He...

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Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks was born on 20 April 1953 and was educated at Wellington College and Emmanuel Colle...

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Professor Vicki Feaver

Poet Vicki Feaver was born in Nottingham in 1943 and educated at Durham University and University Co...

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Elaine Feinstein

Poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator Elaine Feinstein was born ...

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Alison Fell

Alison Fell was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1944. She was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinbur...

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Professor James Fenton

Poet and critic James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949, and was brought up in Yorkshire and Staffo...

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Georgina Ferry

Science writer Georgina Ferry is a freelance writer, editor and broadcaster. Born in Hong Kong in 19...

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Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde was born in 1961 and spent his early career in the film industry. He is the author of ...

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William Fiennes

William Fiennes was brought up in Oxfordshire and studied at Oxford University. His first book, The ...

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Peter Finch
Peter Finch

Peter Finch lives in Cardiff and is a poet, critic, author and reviewer. In the 1960s and '70s he ed...

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Anne Fine

Anne Fine is a distinguished writer for both adults and children.  Her novel Goggle-Eyes (1989) won ...

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Tibor Fischer

Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport, England in 1959 to Hungarian parents, both professional basketb...

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Laura Fish

Laura Fish was born in 1964. She studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia and has o...

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Allen Fisher

Allen Fisher was born in 1944, and is a poet, artist and publisher, and the editor of Spanner magazi...

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Susan Fletcher

Susan Fletcher was born in Birmingham in 1979. She studied Creative Writing at the University of Eas...

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David Flusfeder

Novelist David Flusfeder was born in the US in 1960. His first novel, Man Kills Woman, was published...

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Leontia Flynn

Leontia Flynn was born in County Down in 1974, and completed a Ph.D. at Queen's University, Belfast....

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