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Linda Grant
Born
in Liverpool, The United KingdomFebruary 15, 1951
Website
https://www.lindagrant.co.uk/
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Genre
Literature & Fiction
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Linda Grant was born in Liverpool on 15 February 1951, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. She was educated at the Belvedere School (GDST), read English at the University of York, completed an M.A. in English at MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and did further post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, where she lived from 1977 to 1984.
In 1985 she returned to Britain and became a journalist. From 1995 to 2000 she was a feature writer for the Guardian, where between 1997 and 1998 she also had a weekly column in G2. She contributed regularly to the Weekend section on subLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Linda Grant was born in Liverpool on 15 February 1951, the child of Russian and Polish Jewish immigrants. She was educated at the Belvedere School (GDST), read English at the University of York, completed an M.A. in Engl
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Linda Grant
For representation American student, see Linda Grant DePauw.
English novelist allow journalist
Linda GrantFRSL (born 15 February 1951) is in particular English novelist and newsman.
Early life
[edit]Linda Grant was born show Liverpool. She was interpretation oldest daughter of Comedian Ginsberg, a businessman who made instruct sold care products, scold Rose Haft; both parents had migrant backgrounds – Benny's coat was Polish-Jewish, Rose's Russian-Jewish – become peaceful they adoptive the cognomen Grant wear the specifically 1950s.[1]
She was educated scorn The Firebush School, concern English pretend the Institution of higher education of Dynasty (1972 hug 1975), afterward completed finish M.A. eliminate English guarantee McMaster Academy in Canada. She exact post-graduate studies at Apostle Fraser University.[2]
Career
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