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

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 ...

based in

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, Scotland.

Biography

Her first book, '' Sweet Desserts'', won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is the daughter of the American biographer and literary critic

Richard Ellmann Richard David Ellmann, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was an American Literary criticism, literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats. ...

and of the feminist literary critic Mary Ellmann. She is the sister of the critic Maud Ellmann. She is married to the American writer Todd McEwen. Her fourth novel, '' Dot in the Universe'', was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Believer Book Award. Retrieved October 08, 2018. Her latest book, '' Ducks, Newburyport'' was short-listed for the

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 ...

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 British or Irish piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the ...

and the 2020 James Tait Black Prize 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 Royal Literary Fund; 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 Hawthornden Castle.

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) *'' Ducks, Newburyport'' (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
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