December 20, 1951 -
English writer of novels, short stories and plays
Author of "Behind the Scenes of the Museum" (for which she won the Whitbread Awards - Book of the Year in 1995), "When Will There Be Good News?" (for which she won the British Book Awards - Richard and Judy Bookclub Winner in 2009), "Life After Life" (for which she won the Costa Book Awards for Novels in 2013) and "A God in Ruins" (for which she won the Costa Book Awards for Novels in 2015)