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M.J. Hyland

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born
January 01, 1968 in London, The United Kingdom

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M.J. Hyland was born in London to Irish parents in 1968 and spent her early childhood in Dublin. She studied English and law at the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked as a lawyer for several years. Her first novel, How the Light Gets In (2003) was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Age Book of the Year and also took third place in the Barnes & Noble, Discover Great New Writers Award. How the Light Gets In was also joint winner of the Best Young Australian Novelist Award.

Carry Me Down (2006), her second novel, was winner of both the Encore Prize (2007) and the Hawthornden Prize (2007) and was also short-listed for the Man Booker Prize (2006). Hyland lives in Manchester, England, where she teaches in the C...more


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Average rating: 3.32 · 2,136 ratings · 323 reviews · 8 distinct works
How The Light Gets In
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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Carry Me Down
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This Is How
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 364 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions
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