Laura Barnett
Laura Barnett (born July 15, 1982 in London ) is a British writer.
Life
Laura Barnett studied Italian and Spanish at Clare College , Cambridge and journalism at the City, University of London .
She has worked as a journalist for The Guardian , The Observer , The Daily Telegraph and Time Out magazine .
In 2014, Barnett published the advice literature Advice from the Players for aspiring actors, derived from interviews with established actors. Her first novel, The Versions of Us , was published in 2015, sold more than 240,000 copies in the UK and translated into 25 languages (as of January 2017).
Barnett is married and lives in London.
Works
- Advice from the players . London: Nick Hern Books, 2014
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The Versions of Us . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016
- Three times us: Roman . Translation by Judith Schwaab . Berlin: Kindler, 2016 ISBN 978-3-463-40659-6
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Greatest hits . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017
- A life of shining days: a novel . Translation Barbara Ostrop. Reinbek near Hamburg: Kindler, 2018 ISBN 978-3-463-40693-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Laura Barnett in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Laura Barnett in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Laura Barnett , interview at Foyles
- Laura Barnett , at Rowohlt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Barnett's new book Salvage to W&N , thebookseller.com, January 23, 2017, accessed February 23, 2019
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SURNAME | Barnett, Laura |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |