Penelope Lively
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born
March 17, 1933
gender
female
place of birth
United Kingdom
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genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Penelope Lively CBE (born March 17, 1933) is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults. She has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize, winning once for Moon Tiger in 1987.
Born in Cairo in 1933, she spent her early childhood in Egypt, before being sent to boarding school in England at the age of twelve. She read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, and settled in England.
books by Penelope Lively
combine editionsavg rating: 3.42 | 1945 ratings | 66 distinct works
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The Photograph (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.10 — 402 ratings — published 2004 14 editions |
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Moon Tiger (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.71 — 239 ratings — published 1997 10 editions |
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Consequences (Hardcover) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.48 — 166 ratings — published 2007 12 editions |
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Making It Up (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.29 — 55 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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Cleopatra's Sister (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.68 — 34 ratings — published 1994 7 editions |
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Heat Wave: Novel, A (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.48 — 33 ratings — published 1997 5 editions |
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Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.84 — 25 ratings — published 1995 7 editions |
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The Road to Lichfield (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 1999 6 editions |
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Passing On (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.38 — 24 ratings — published 1999 5 editions |
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Spiderweb (Paperback) by Penelope Lively avg rating 3.21 — 23 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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quotes by Penelope Lively
"A stone has been cast into the reliable immutable pond of the past, and as the ripples subside everything appears different. The reflections are quite other; everything has swung and shattered, it is all beyond recovery"
— Penelope Lively (The Photograph)
— Penelope Lively (The Photograph)
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