Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman (born November 6, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American writer. She has a BA from Polytechnic of Central London, and an MA from the University of East Anglia.[1]

She is the author of three novels, The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done (2004), Cake (2008), and The Country of Ice Cream Star (2014); a memoir, Changeling (2010); and a guide to Western literature, The Western Lit Survival Kit: How To Read The Classics Without Fear (2012). She is the co-author of How Not To Write A Novel (2008) and Read This Next (2010). Her first novel was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award.[2] The Country of Ice Cream Star was longlisted for both the Folio Prize[3] and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Interview, "The Times of London Magazine," July 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://books.theguardian.com/firstbook2002/0,,779641,00.html
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/15/folio-prize-2015-80-titles
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/10/baileys-womens-prize-for-fiction-longlist-in-pictures
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