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Stef Penney
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January 01, 1969
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Edinburgh, The United Kingdom
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Stef Penney grew up in the Scottish capital and turned to film-making after a degree in Philosophy and Theology from Bristol University. She made three short films before studying Film and TV at Bournemouth College of Art, and on graduation was selected for the Carlton Television New Writers Scheme. She has also written and directed two short films; a BBC 10 x 10 starring Anna Friel and a Film Council Digital Short in 2002 starring Lucy Russell.
She won the 2006 Costa Book Awards with her debut novel The Tenderness of Wolves which is set in Canada in the 1860s. . As Stef Penney suffered from agoraphobia at the time of writing this novel, she did all the research in the libraries of London and never visited Canada.
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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney avg rating 3.68 — 1,350 ratings — published 2006 20 editions |
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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2007 |
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The Finalists (Costa Book Awards: 2006) by Stef Penney, William Boyd, Brian Thompson avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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"Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping."
— Stef Penney (The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel)
— Stef Penney (The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel)
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"He smiled to show he meant no offense, but Scott takes offense like it is going out of style, and bristled."
— Stef Penney (The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel)
— Stef Penney (The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel)
