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Macdonald in 2015. Helen Macdonald (born 1970) is an English writer and naturalist. Non-binary, they are best known as the author of H is for Hawk, which won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize [1] and Costa Book Award; [2] in 2016, the book won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France.
Larissa Volokhonsky (Russian: Лариса Волохонская) was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, on 1 October 1945.After graduating from Leningrad State University with a degree in mathematical linguistics, she worked in the Institute of Marine Biology (Vladivostok) and travelled extensively in Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka (1968-1973).
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Swann's Way by Marcel Proust and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert .
Robert Arthur Jr. (November 10, 1909 – May 2, 1969) was a writer and editor of crime fiction and speculative fiction [1] known for his work with The Mysterious Traveler radio series and for writing The Three Investigators, a series of young adult novels. [2] [3]
David Alan Nicholls (born 30 November 1966 [1]) is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating Rescue Me and adaptations of novels, plays, and memoirs. He is the author of six novels.
Polly Barton is a writer and translator. She has written two non-fiction books, Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History , and translated numerous titles of Japanese literature and non-fiction. [ 1 ] Her translations have been featured in Granta , Catapult , and The White Review , and in 2019 she won the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for her ...
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Reviews for A Thousand Ships were generally positive, with reviewers praising the writing style and the feminist recentering of classic myths.Publishers Weekly called the novel "an enthralling reimagining" and wrote "Haynes shines by twisting common perceptions of the Trojan War and its aftermath in order to capture the women’s experiences". [10]