Gaynor Arnold

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Gaynor Arnold is a Welsh-born author. Born in Cardiff, she studied English Literature at St. Hilda's College, Oxford and for a Diploma in Social and Administrative Studies at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford.

Background

Since the early 1970s she has lived in Edgbaston in Birmingham, working as a social worker for Birmingham City Council.[1] She became a full time writer in 2009.

Recognitions

Her debut novel Girl in a Blue Dress was published by Birmingham's Tindal Street Press in 2008, being longlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction.[2]

Bibliography

  • Girl in a Blue Dress (2008)
  • Lying Together (2011)
  • After Such Kindness (2012)
  • The Sea in Birmingham (2013) contributor

References

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