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Jill Dawson (born 8 April 1962) is an English poet and novelist who grew up in

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, England. She began publishing her poems in pamphlets and small magazines. Her first book, ''Trick of the Light'', was published in 1996. She was the British Council Writing Fellow at

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for 1997.

Bibliography

*''School Tales: Stories by Young Women'' (editor),

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, 1990, *''The Virago Book of Wicked Verse'' (editor),

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, 1992, *''White Fish with Painted Nails'', Slow Dancer Press, 1990; Slow Dancer Press, 1994, *''How Do I Look?'', Virago Press, 1990, *''The Virago Book of Love Letters'' (editor), Virago Press, 1994, *''Kisses on Paper'',

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, 1994, *''Trick of the Light'',

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, 1997, *''Magpie'', Sceptre, 1998, *''Wild Ways: New Stories about Women on the Road'' (editor with Margo Daly),

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, 1998, *''

Fred and Edie ''Fred & Edie'' is a 2000 epistolary and semi-biographical novel by Jill Dawson. The novel is loosely based on the murder of Percy Thompson by his with Edith Thompson and, her lover Frederick Bywaters. The novel develops a sympathetic readi ...

'', Sceptre, 2000;

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, 2002, *''Gas and Air: Tales of Pregnancy and Birth'' (editor with Margo Daly),

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, 2002 *'' Wild Boy'', Sceptre, 2003, *''Watch Me Disappear'', Sceptre, 2006, *'' The Great Lover'' Sceptre, 2009, ;

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, 2010, *''Lucky Bunny'', Sceptre, 2011, *''The Crime Writer'', Sceptre, 2016, *''The Language of Birds'', Sceptre, 2019, *''The Bewitching'', Sceptre, 2022,

Awards

Awards which Dawson has received recognition from include: *1984 First prize in City Limits short story competition *1984 First Prize in Hackney New Writers Competition (judged by Michelene Wandor) *1992

Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by British poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. In 2021, the seven ...

for poetry *1995 Joint first prize Sheffield Hallam short story competition (judged by Margaret Drabble and Hanif Kureishi) *1995

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*1995 Author's Fund Award *1996 Kathleen Blundell Award *1996

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New Writer Award for Magpie *2000 Short list for

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for ''Fred & Edie'' *2001 Short list for

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for ''Fred & Edie'' *2001 Long-list of

Dublin IMPAC Award The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...

for ''Fred & Edie'' *2001 ScreenEast Award for ''Stunner'' screenplay. *2003

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Award for ''Half of England'' (''Watch Me Disappear'') *2004 ''Wild Boy'' becomes the first ever novel to be long-listed for the

British Academy Book Prize The British Academy Book Prize was an annual book award held by the British Academy in the period from 2000 and 2005. Eligible titles were those covering areas of the humanities and social sciences. Winners * 2001 Rees Davies for ''The First Engl ...

*2006 ScreenEast award for ''Watch Me Disappear'' screenplay. *2006 ''Watch Me Disappear'' long-listed for the

*2006 Arts Council Award *2008 Arts Council Award for ''The Silver Banks'' *2016 East Anglian Book of the Year (Fiction) for ''The Crime Writer''

References

External links

Official website Jill Dawson
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