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The. L. Kennedy (to the full title Alison Louise Kennedy, born October 22, 1965 in Dundee) is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. She is known for the characteristically dark tone, the blending of realism and fantasy, and for her good approach to her function. Alison Kennedy sleep in Glasgow with several cats, & contributes the every month column to The Guardian.

Works

Fiction

Night Geometry & the Garscadden Trains (1990) ISBN 1857990668 Looking for the Imaginable Dance (1993) ISBN 0436233215 Now You're Back (1994) ISBN 0099457113 So We are Glad (1995) ISBN 0099457210 Tea & Biscuits (1996) ISBN 1857997573 Original Cloud nine (1997) ISBN 0224044435 All about Your family Want (1999) ISBN 0375707476 Indelible Acts (2002) ISBN 022406259X Paradise (2004) ISBN 14000043646

Non-fiction

Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (1997) ISBN 0851705685 On Tauromachy (1999) ISBN 0224060996

Original Bliss
A review from The Richmond Review.

Bold Type: A.L. Kennedy
Introduction to the writer with excerpts from So I Am Glad and Original Bliss.

On Bullfighting
Review by Stanley Conrad, from Mundo Taurino.

Original Bliss
Excerpt from Salon.com.

Salon.com: Original Bliss
Review of Original Bliss, by Sylvia Brownrigg.

Salon.com: So I am Glad
Review of So I am Glad, by Elise Harris.

Original Bliss
An introduction to, and excerpt from, the novella.

Granta: A Blow to the Head
Memoir about the author's boxing grandfather and the dangers of the sport.

A.L.Kennedy
Official site: biography, diary, FAQ, contact details and excerpts from reviews, with her comments.

Spike: Interview with A.L. Kennedy
An interview focusing on Original Bliss.






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