| What was Lost is the 2007 winner of the Costa First Novel Award (Update your journals! Page 29 in Read, Remember, Recommend: A Reading Journal for Book Lovers).
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"Catherine O'Flynn's debut has been heaped with praise and deservedly so: the writing is humorous, endearing and acutely observed, with subtly eerie mystery woven in." - Helen Zaltzman, The Observer |
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| About the author: |
 Catherine O'Flynn grew up in Birmingham, England and has had various jobs: teacher, secret shopper, web editor, and now novelist. What Was Lost draws on her experiences of working at record stores. She spent some time in Barcelona, Spain before moving back to Birmingham, where she currently lives and works. Her first novel was met with incredible critical acclaim. The novel was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and the Orange Prize for Fiction, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and won the First Novel Prize at the Costa Book Awards. In 2008, she was named the Newcomer of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards.
Visit the autohr's website: Catherine O'Flynn |
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