Anna Burns

Anna Burns

Anna Burns (born 1962) is an Northern Irish author. She was born in Belfast and moved to London in 1987. Her first novel, "No Bones", is an account of a girl's life growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. [Information from the book cover of "No Bones"]

Bibliography

Novels

* "No Bones" (2001)
* "Little Constructions" (2007) [ [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/anna-burns/ Anna Burns ] ]

Awards

*Winner of the 2001 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize [List of Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize award winners]
*Shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize ("No Bones") [ [http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/opf/archive.php4 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction ] ]

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