Olivia Laing
British writer and critic: The Lonely City, Everybody, Crudo.
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- Olivia Laing (born 14 April 1977) is a British writer, novelist and cultural critic.
- Their novel Crudo won the 100th James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2019.
- They won the Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction in 2018.
- They became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2019.
Key facts
- Born
- 14 April 19771
- Non-fiction
- To the River (2011), The Trip to Echo Spring (2013), The Lonely City (2016), Everybody (2021), The Garden Against Time (2024)1
- Novels
- Crudo (2017), The Silver Book (2025)1
- Essays
- Funny Weather (2020)1
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