Andrea Levy | |
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Born | London, England | 7 March 1956
Died | 14 February 2019 | (aged 62)
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Period | 1994–2019 |
Notable works | Small Island (2004) The Long Song (2010) |
Notable awards | Orange Prize for Fiction Whitbread Book of the Year Commonwealth Writers' Prize Walter Scott Prize |
Spouse | Bill Mayblin |
Website | |
Andrea Levy |
Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019)[1][2][3] was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.[4][5]