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William Trevor was born in 1928. He is an Irish author and playwright, who has won the Whitbread Prize three times and has been nominated four times for the Booker Prize, most recently for his novel Love and Summer. Read Love and the Summer by William Trevor
Ali Lewis
Ali Lewis was born in rural North Yorkshire in 1976, the second of three children. Being cast as Rose Herriot in the final series of All Creatures Great and Small opened the door to a new world. After graduating from university, she went into a career in journalism, then in 2002 she left to travel the world. It was in Australia, working on an outback cattle station, that she found the inspiration for her first novel, Everybody Jam. Since her return, Ali worked as a features writer and now has moved on to work in public relations.
Ali talks about where she wrote Everybody Jam in this video:
Featured Books, with extracts, by Ali Lewis
Everybody Jam Ali Lewis
One of our New Gen Debuts of the Year 2011.
A stunning coming-of-age story with a gripping Australian outback
setting and a strong and interesting plot. Danny’s life is in turmoil: his
older brother has recently died in a freak accident;... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011