24 May
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
Katie Ward
Katie Ward was born in Somerset in 1979. She has worked in the public and voluntary sectors, including at a women’s refuge and for a Member of Parliament. She took a career break in order to write her debut novel, after being inspired by a book of portraits of women and girls reading.
In 2007, Katie Ward met Hilary Mantel through a work colleague and Hilary took a keen interest in her work.
When Girl Reading was complete, Hilary recommended it to her agent, who soon had a number of publishers bidding for it.
Girl Reading Katie Ward
Featured on The TV Book Club on More4 on 4 March 2012.
With each chapter inspired by a real work of art, this richly textured
debut novel transports us into a perfectly imagined tale of how each
portrait came to be.... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/01/2012
Categories
Loading other books by Katie Ward... 
