Louise Doughty is a novelist, playwright and critic. She is the author of five novels; CRAZY PAVING, DANCE WITH ME, HONEY-DEW, FIRES IN THE DARK and STONE CRADLE, and one work of non-fiction A NOVEL IN A YEAR. She has also written five plays for radio. She has worked widely as a critic and broadcaster in the UK, where she lives, including a spell as theatre critic for the Mail on Sunday and presenter of several books and arts series for BBC Radio 4. She currently writes a column about the life of a writer for the Daily Telegraph's Saturday Review.

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