Lynne Truss
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| Lynne Truss | |
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| Born | 31 May 1955 Kingston upon Thames, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | English |
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Lynne Truss (born 31 May 1955[1]) is an English writer and journalist. Her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation was a best-seller in 2003. In August 2014, Truss was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[2]
Cutting a Dash
Cutting a Dash was a BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation, hosted by Lynne Truss. It was the direct inspiration for Truss's best-selling book Eats, Shoots & Leaves.[3]
Bibliography
Fiction
- With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed – Hamish Hamilton (1994) ISBN 978-0-241-13410-8; Penguin (1995) ISBN 0-14-017938-0; Profile Books (2004) ISBN 1-86197-749-2
- Tennyson's Gift – Hamish Hamilton (1996) ISBN 0-241-13521-4; Penguin (1997) ISBN 0-14-024671-1; Profile Books (2004) ISBN 1-86197-733-6
- Going Loco – Review (Hodder Headline) (1999) ISBN 0-7472-5965-8; Profile Books (2004) ISBN 1-86197-733-6
- A Certain Age (BBC Audio Collection, 2 vols) – BBC Audiobooks (2005, 2007) ISBN 0-563-51052-8, ISBN 1-4056-7687-6
- A Certain Age: Twelve Monologues From the Classic Radio Series – Profile Books (2007) ISBN 1-86197-879-0
- Giving Up the Ghost – BBC Radio 4 (2008)
- Cat Out of Hell - Hammer (2014) ISBN 978-0-09-958534-3
Non-fiction
- Making the Cat Laugh – Hamish Hamilton (1995) ISBN 0-241-13542-7; Penguin (1996) ISBN 0-14-026300-4; Profile Books (2004) ISBN 1-86197-754-9
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation – Profile Books (2003) ISBN 1-86197-612-7
- Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door) – Profile Books (2005) ISBN 1-86197-933-9
- The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!, illustrated by Bonnie Timmons – Profile Books (2007) ISBN 1-86197-168-0
- Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts!, Putnam Publishing Group (2008) ISBN 0-399-25058-1
- Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life, Fourth Estate Ltd (2009) ISBN 0-00-730574-5
References
External links
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2013
- Use British English from April 2013
- Official website not in Wikidata
- 1955 births
- Living people
- English journalists
- English non-fiction writers
- English dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century English novelists
- English radio writers
- People from Kingston upon Thames
- Alumni of University College London
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
- Writers of style guides
- People educated at the Tiffin Girls' School
