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Lionel Shriver


USA flag (b.1957)

Lionel Shriver (born May 18, 1957) is an American journalist and author who lives in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 and was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name, starring Tilda Swinton.
 

Awards: BBC (2014), Women's Prize (2005)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
 
Novels
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Collections
   Property (2018)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
Ox-Tales
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Lionel Shriver
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Of the Flesh (2024)
18 stories of modern horror
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Reader, I Married Him (2016)
Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre
edited by
Tracy Chevalier

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Awards
2014 BBC National Short Story Prize : Kilifi Creek
2005 Women's Prize For Fiction : We Need to Talk About Kevin

Award nominations
2022 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Should We Stay or Should We Go
2017 Prometheus Award (nominee) : The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047
2013 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Prepositions
2010 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : So Much for That
2009 BBC National Short Story Prize (nominee) : Exchange Rates
2006 BCA Crime Thriller of the Year (nominee) : We Need to Talk About Kevin


Lionel Shriver recommends
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The Vegan (2023)
Andrew Lipstein
"The Vegan is the weirdest novel I've read in ages. In a good way. A genre unto itself. Skillfully written and strangely addictive."
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Vladimir (2022)
Julia May Jonas
"Droll, dry, and pacy, Vladimir is deliciously unsparing and enormous fun."
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Outside Looking In (2019)
T C Boyle
"By far and away one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today ... A mesmerising storyteller."

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