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A. S. Byatt, author portrait
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A. S. Byatt

A. S. Byatt was the author of numerous novels, including The Children’s Book, The Biographer’s Tale, and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize. She also wrote two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects, five collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction. A distinguished critic and author, and the recipient of the 2016 Erasmus Prize for her “inspiring contribution to ‘life writing,’” she died in 2023.
Medusa's Ankles
Possession
The Children's Book
Little Black Book of Stories
Vintage Byatt
A Whistling Woman
The Biographer's Tale
Elementals
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Imagining Characters
Babel Tower
The Matisse Stories
Angels & Insects
Passions of the Mind
The Game
The Virgin in the Garden

Books

Medusa's Ankles
Possession
The Children's Book
Little Black Book of Stories
Vintage Byatt
A Whistling Woman
The Biographer's Tale
Elementals
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Imagining Characters
Babel Tower
The Matisse Stories
Angels & Insects
Passions of the Mind
The Game
The Virgin in the Garden

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