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Peter Didsbury

Peter Didsbury was born in 1946 in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He moved to Hull as a child, later studyin...

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Andy Diggle

Andy Diggle is an award-winning freelance comic-book writer, currently under exclusive contract to M...

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Minoo Dinshaw

Minoo Dinshaw is a writer living in London. He is the son of award-winning author Candia McWilliam a...

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Isobel Dixon

Isobel Dixon was born in Umtata, South Africa, grew up in the Karoo region and studied in Stellenbos...

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Berlie Doherty

Children's author Berlie Doherty (née Hollingsworth) was born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, on 6 Novembe...

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Chris Dolan

Award-winning poet, author and playwright Chris Dolan was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His first play,...

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Emma Donoghue Mark Raynes Roberts web
Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin in 1969 and studied English and French at University College, Dubli...

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Dooley David Hunter web
Maura Dooley

Poet and freelance writer Maura Dooley was born in Truro, England, and grew up in Bristol. Educated ...

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Tishani Doshi

Tishani Doshi is a writer and dancer of Welsh-Gujarati origin. She was born in Madras, India, in 197...

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Louise Doughty

Louise Doughty is the author of several novels and one book of non-fiction, and also writes radio pl...

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Roddy Doyle

Born in Dublin in 1958, Roddy Doyle was educated by the Christian Brothers and at Trinity College, D...

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Margaret Drabble

Novelist, biographer and critic Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield on 5 June 1939. She was educa...

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Carol Ann Duffy

Poet, playwright and freelance writer Carol Ann Duffy was born on 23 December 1955 in Glasgow and re...

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Stella Duffy

Stella Duffy was born in London in 1963 and spent her childhood in New Zealand. Her novels are: Sing...

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Ian Duhig

Ian Duhig was born in London. He has won the National Poetry Competition twice, and in 1994 was name...

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Sarah Dunant

Novelist, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in 1950, and was educated at Godolphin and La...

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Glen Duncan

Glen Duncan was born in Bolton in 1965, and studied philosophy and literature at Lancaster Universti...

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Patricia Duncker

Patricia Duncker was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 29 June 1951. She attended school in England and, ...

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Professor Douglas Dunn

Professor Douglas Dunn was born on on 23 October 1942 in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. He was educated fi...

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Antony Dunn

Antony Dunn was born in London in 1973 and lives in Leeds. He won the Newdigate Prize in 1995 and re...

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