Bernard MacLaverty





Bernard MacLaverty

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born
September 14, 1942 in Belfast , Ireland

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Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast (14.9.42) and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and, for two years in the mid eighties, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Aberdeen.

After living for a time in Edinburgh and the Isle of Islay he now lives in Glasgow. He is a member of Aosdana in Ireland and is Visiting Writer/Professor at the University of Strathclyde.

Currently he is employed as a teacher of creative writing on a postgraduate course in prose fiction run by the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

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Grace Notes
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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Lamb
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The Anatomy School
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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Walking the Dog: And Other ...
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Matters of Life & Death: An...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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A Time To Dance And Other S...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions
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Secrets and Other Stories
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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The Great Profundo And Othe...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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