Hilary Mantel

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Hilary Mary Mantel OBE (born 6 July 1952) is an English novelist.

After studying law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University, she lived in Botswana and Saudi Arabia for several years, before returning to Britain in the mid-1980s. In 1987 she was awarded the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for an article about Jeddah, and she was film critic for The Spectator from 1987 to 1991.

She is the author of nine acclaimed novels, a short story collection and one memoir, and was created an Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006.

[edit] Bibliography

Every Day is Mother's Day: Chatto & Windus, 1985
Vacant Possession: Chatto & Windus, 1986
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street: Viking, 1988
Fludd: Viking, 1989
A Place of Greater Safety: Viking, 1992
A Change of Climate: Viking, 1994
An Experiment in Love: Viking, 1995
The Giant, O'Brien: Fourth Estate, 1998
Giving Up the Ghost (A Memoir): Fourth Estate, 2003
Learning to Talk (Short Stories): Fourth Estate, 2003
Beyond Black: Fourth Estate, 2005

[edit] Prizes and Awards

1987, Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize
1990, Southern Arts Literature Prize (Fludd)
1990, The Cheltenham Prize (Fludd)
1990, Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (Fludd)
1992, Sunday Express Book of the Year (A Place of Greater Safety)
1996, Hawthornden Prize (An Experiment in Love)
2006, Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book) (shortlist) (Beyond Black)
2006, OBE
2006, Orange Prize for Fiction (shortlist) (Beyond Black)