Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy was born in London, England in 1956 to Jamaican parents. Her first three novels explored - from different perspectives - the problems faced by black British-born children of Jamaican emigrants.

Her first novel, the semi-autobiographical Every Light in the House Burnin' (1994), is the story of a Jamaican family living in London in the 1960s. Her second, Never Far From Nowhere (1996), is set during the 1970s and tells the story of two very different sisters living on a London council estate. In her third, Fruit of the Lemon (1999), Faith Jackson, a young black Londoner, visits Jamaica after suffering a nervous breakdown and discovers a previously unknown personal history.

Small Island, her fourth novel,( the historic winner of both the 2004 Orange Prize and the 2005 Whitbread Book of the Year), is set in 1948 and, through the stories of both English and Jamaican characters, it explores a point in England's past when the country began to change. It was successfully adapted for television in 2009.

The Long Song was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize 2010.

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Name: Andrea Levy

Date of birth: 1956

Place of birth: London

Current Home: London

Awards: Small Island is the winner of Orange Prize for Fiction, the Whitbread Novel Award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize.

Similar Authors: Roopa Farooki, Kiran Desai, Zadie Smith

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The Long Song

The Long Song

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From the critically acclaimed Andrea Levy, Orange Prize winning author of SMALL ISLAND, comes this breathtaking, hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the Orange...
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The Long Song

The Long Song

by Andrea Levy

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Published: 06/01/2011
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Fruit of the Lemon

Fruit of the Lemon

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Published: 03/02/2000
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Never Far from Nowhere

Never Far from Nowhere

by Andrea Levy

Format: Paperback 288 pages
Published: 08/08/1996
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A passionate and perceptive story full of the pain and the humour of growing up, from Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND... Read more

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Every Light in the House Burnin'

Every Light in the House Burnin'

by Andrea Levy

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Published: 23/02/1995
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The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, from the critically aclaimed... Read more

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