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Liz Jensen
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gender
female
place of birth
The United Kingdom
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genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
about this author
Liz Jensen was born in Oxfordshire, the daughter of a Danish father and an Anglo-Moroccan mother. She spent two years as a journalist in the Far East before joining the BBC, first as a journalist, then as a TV and radio producer. She then moved to France where she worked as a sculptor began her first novel, Egg Dancing, which was published in 1995. Back in London she wrote Ark Baby (1998) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award, The Paper Eater (2000), and War Crimes for the Home (2002) which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has two children and shares her life with the Danish essayist, travel writer and novelist Carsten Jensen.
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avg rating: 3.66
| 521 ratings
| 135 reviews
| 7 distinct works
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The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.69 — 193 ratings — published 2006 19 editions |
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My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time: A Novel by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.51 — 78 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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The Rapture by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.30 — 54 ratings — published 2009 2 editions |
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Ark Baby by Liz Jensen avg rating 4.04 — 26 ratings — published 1998 7 editions |
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War Crimes for the Home by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.82 — 22 ratings — published 2002 5 editions |
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The Paper Eater by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.65 — 20 ratings — published 2000 4 editions |
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Egg Dancing by Liz Jensen avg rating 3.18 — 11 ratings — published 1996 6 editions |
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