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Jeanette Winterson


UK flag (b.1959)

Jeanette Winterson lives in Gloucestershire. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit to international acclaim in 1985.

Awards: Whitbread (1985)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Historical
 
Novels
   Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
   The Passion (1987)
   Sexing the Cherry (1989)
   Written on the Body (1992)
   Art and Lies (1994)
   Gut Symmetries (1997)
   The Powerbook (2000)
   Lighthousekeeping (2004)
   Tanglewreck (2006)
   The Stone Gods (2007)
   The Battle of the Sun (2009)
   The Daylight Gate (2012)
   Frankissstein (2019)
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Collections
   The World and Other Places (1998)
   Christmas Days (2016)
   Eight Ghosts (2017) (with others)
   The Night Side of the River (2023)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The King of Capri (2003)
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Anthologies edited
   Midsummer Nights (2009)
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Series contributed to
Myths
   3. Weight (2005)
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Ox-Tales
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
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Vintage Minis
   Love (2017)
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Books containing stories by Jeanette Winterson
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Love (2012)
Great Short Stories for Women by Women
edited by
Victoria Hislop
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The Best British Short Stories 2012 (2012)
(Best British Short Stories)
edited by
Nicholas Royle

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Awards
2012 Indie Book Award for Fiction : Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
1993 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
1985 Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel : Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Award nominations
2019 Booker Prize (longlist) : Frankissstein


Jeanette Winterson recommends
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August Blue (2023)
Deborah Levy
"Levy's strength is her originality of thought and expression."
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River Sing Me Home (2023)
Eleanor Shearer
"A strong and beautiful novel that stares into the face of brutality and the heart of love."
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Hybrid Humans (2022)
Harry Parker
"I loved Hybrid Humans."

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