Clare Morrall (born 1952,

Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...

) is an English

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

. She has lived mainly in

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, where she worked for many years as a music teacher. Her

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to pu ...

, ''Astonishing Splashes of Colour'', was shortlisted for the 2003

Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a prestigious literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, wh ...

. She has subsequently had seven novels published.

Works

* ''Astonishing Splashes of Colour'' (2003,

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) * ''Natural Flights of the Human Mind'' (2006, Sceptre) * ''The Language of Others'' (2008, Sceptre) * ''The Man Who Disappeared'' (2010, Sceptre) * ''The Roundabout Man'' (2012, Sceptre) * ''After the Bombing'' (2014, Sceptre) * ''When the Floods Came'' (2016, Sceptre) * ''The Last of the Greenwoods'' (2018, Sceptre)

References

21st-century English novelists 1952 births Living people Writers from Exeter Alumni of the University of Birmingham Writers from Birmingham, West Midlands {{UK-novelist-stub