Lucy Ellmann (born 18 October 1956) is an American-born British

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based in

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, Scotland.

Biography

Her first book, ''

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'', won the

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. She is the daughter of the American biographer and literary critic

Richard Ellmann Richard David Ellmann, FBA (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was an American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Iris ...

and the feminist literary critic

Mary Ellmann Mary Ellmann (née Donoghue) (1921–1989) was an American writer and literary critic. Magazines she reviewed for included ''The New York Review of Books'', ''The Nation'', ''Encounter'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Commentary'', ''The New Republi ...

. She is married to the American writer Todd McEwen. Her fourth novel, '' Dot in the Universe'', was longlisted for the

Orange Prize for Fiction The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

and shortlisted for the

Believer Book Award Believer Book Award is an American literary award presented yearly by ''The Believer'' magazine to novels and story collections, nonfiction books or essay collections, poetry collections, and, beginning in 2021 (awarding to books published in 2020), ...

. Retrieved October 08, 2018. Her latest book, ''

Ducks, Newburyport ''Ducks, Newburyport'' is a 2019 novel by British author Lucy Ellmann. The novel is written in the stream of consciousness narrative style, and consists of a single long sentence, with brief clauses that start with the phrase "the fact that" mor ...

'' was short-listed for the

Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. ...

in 2019. It won the 2019

Goldsmiths Prize The Goldsmiths Prize is a British literary award, founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the ''New Statesman.'' It is awarded annually to a piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of ...

and the 2020

James Tait Black Prize The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Uni ...

for Fiction. Ellmann lectured and led seminars in Creative Writing at the

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between September 2009 and July 2010. Ellmann has been recognised with honours and fellowships, including the

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; Queen Margaret University 2017/18; University of Dundee 2011/12; Queen Margaret University 2005–07; and been a Hawthornden Fellow and Hawthornden fellowship residence at

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Notable works

*''Sweet Desserts'' (1988) *''Varying Degrees of Hopelessness'' (1991) *''The Spy Who Caught a Cold'' (screenplay, 1995) *''Man or Mango? A Lament'' (1999) *''Dot in the Universe'' (2003) *''Doctors & Nurses'' (2006) *''Mimi'' (2013) *''

'' (2019) *''Things Are Against Us'' (2021)

References

Sources

* Retrieved October 8, 2018.

External links

Lucy Ellmann at Bloomsbury.com

* ttp://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/17/1052885444952.html Interview from The Daily Telegraph magazine
Believer Book Awards finalists
1956 births Living people Academics of the University of Kent Writers from Evanston, Illinois American women novelists American emigrants to England English women novelists Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art Alumni of Falmouth University Alumni of the University of Essex 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists Novelists from Illinois Writers from Edinburgh Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Goldsmiths Prize winners American women academics 21st-century American women writers 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 21st-century English women {{US-novelist-1950s-stub