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Pat Barker

Profile:

• Born in Thornby - on -Tees, 1943

• Graduated from London School of Economics with a degree in International History

• Started writing aged 26

• Published her first novel in 1982 when she was 39

• The ghost road won the Booker Prize in 1995

• Lives in Durham

Links:

• Literary Encyclopedia: Pat Barker

• Pat Barker's latest novel looks at World War I from the home front  

• British Council: Contemporary Writers: Pat Barker

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Last Updated  27/01/2009

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