Book: Their Finest Hour and a Half
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Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date(s): Hardback 2009 Paperback 2010
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Book: Spencer’s List
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Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date(s): Paperback 2003 Hardback 2002
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Book: Big Change for Stuart
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Genre: Children’s Fiction
Publisher: Doubleday Children’s
Publication date(s): Hardback 2012 Paperback 2013
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Book: Small Change for Stuart
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Genre: Children’s Fiction
Publisher: Doubleday Children’s
Publication dates: Hardback 2011 Paperback 2012
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Book: Odd One Out
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Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Paperback 2005
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Book: Crooked Heart
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Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date(s): Hardcover, November 2014 Paperback, September 2015
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Biography:
Following a brief career in medicine, Lissa Evans spent five years as a producer in BBC Radio Light Entertainment. She then moved to television where her credits as a producer/director include Room 101, Father Ted and Have I Got News for You.
She has written four novels for adults, two set during the 1990s: SPENCER’S LIST and ODD ONE OUT, and two set on the home front during World War Two: THEIR FINEST HOUR AND A HALF (long-listed for the Orange Prize), and CROOKED HEART (published November 2014, and long-listed for the 2015 Baileys Prize). Her first children’s book, SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART , was short-listed for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.
Website: lissaevans.com
Twitter handle: @LissaKEvans
Location: London
Writer Superpowers
Writing books for both adults and children, writing fiction set during WW2, writing funny books, background in medicine & in radio and TV comedy
