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Beyond the Book

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Sarah Dunant is a novelist, broadcaster and critic.  After leaving university she worked as an actress before starting work as a producer for BBC Radio in 1974.  She also presented Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' and BBC Television's 'The Late Show'.  She lives in London. 

Bibliography

• Marla Masterson series (writing as Peter Dunant with Peter Busby)
  Exterminating Angels (1983)
  Intensive Care (1986)
  
• Hannah Wolfe. PI Mystery Series (won two Silver Dagger awards)
  Birth Marks (1991)
  Fatlands (1992 or 93)
  Under My Skin (1995)
  
• Novels
  Snow Storms in a Hot Climate (1988)
  Transgressions (1997)
  Mapping the Edge (1999)
  The Birth of Venus (2003)
  
• Non Fiction
  The War of the Words: The Political Correctness Debate (1994)
  Age of Anxiety (1996) (with Roy Porter)

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This article relates to The Birth of Venus. It first ran in the February 2, 2005 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.