Shena Mackay
Scottish novelist and short-story writer (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shena Mackay FRSL (born 1944) is a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1996 for The Orchard on Fire, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2003 for Heligoland.
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Born | 1944 (age 79ā80) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Education | Tonbridge Grammar School |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, short-story writer |
Notable work | Redhill Rococo (1986); Dunedin (1991); The Orchard on Fire (1995); Dancing on the Outskirts (2015) |
Awards | Fawcett Society Book Prize; Scottish Arts Council Book Award |
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