Laura Beatty

Laura Mary Catherine Beatty (née Keen; born 1 May 1963) is a writer awarded the Authors' Club First Novel Award for her 2008 novel Pollard, also shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize.[1]

She has also written two biographies, the first about Lillie Langtry which contained the first publication of correspondence between Lillie and her lover Arthur Jones.

  1. ^ "Ian McDonald's Selected Poems short-listed for Ondaatje Prize". Stabroek News. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2024.