Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing (1977)[1] is a British writer and cultural critic. She is the author of three books, To the River (2011), The Trip to Echo Spring (2013) and The Lonely City (2016).
Career
Between 2007 and 2009 Laing was the deputy books editor of The Observer. She is a frequent contributor to The Guardian[2], New Statesman[3] and Frieze[4]. In 2014 she received the Eccles British Library Writers Award[5].
Bibliography
- To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface (2011), shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize. [6]
- The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking (2013), shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Book Awards and a New York Times Notable Book [7] of 2014.
- The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (2016), shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[8].
References
- ↑ "Olivia Laing - Janklow & Nesbit". Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ "Olivia Laing - Guardian profile". Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ↑ "Olivia Laing - New Statesman profile". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ "Olivia Laing - Frieze profile". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ↑ "Eccles Center Writers Award". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ "2012 Ondaatje prize goes to". The Guardian. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2014". The New York Times. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ↑ "Finalists for the NBCC Criticism Prize". The Washington Post. 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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