Louise Dean is an English author. Her novels won the Betty Trask Award and Le Prince Maurice Prize, and were longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Booker Prize. Short stories of hers have appeared in Granta. She was a finalist in the 2021 Costa Book Awards.
Louise Dean is an English author. Her novels won the Betty Trask Award and Le Prince Maurice Prize, and were longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Booker Prize. Short stories of hers have appeared in Granta. She was a finalist in the 2021 Costa Book Awards.
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