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Miranda Seymour

Miranda Seymour

Miranda Seymour Biography

Miranda Seymour's previous books include Thrumpton Hall, A Memoir of Life in My Father's House (NYTBR Editor's Choice, winner of the 2008 PEN/Ackerley Award); Mary Shelley, Robert Graves: Life on the Edge; and Ottoline Morrell: Life on a Grand Scale. She lives in England.

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