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Wendy Perriam is an English novelist and graduate of the University of Oxford who started writing at the age of five and wrote her first "novel" at eleven. Perriam then went silent as she struggled through a long period of depression, having been expelled from her Catholic school for heresy and told she was in Satan's power. Many of her early novels explore the abuses and, conversely, the great attractions of Catholicism. Perriam's work is also renowned for its explicit sexual content - perhaps a natural consequence of her total sexual ignorance at school. In 2002, she won the Literary Review's Bad Sex Award 2002 for Tread softly. Wendy has appeared frequently on TV and radio, and was once a regular contributor to the radio series "Stop the Week" & "Fourth Column". Her work has been critically acclaimed for its psychological insight and for its power to disturb as well as divert. Described by the Sunday Telegraph as "one of the most interesting unsung novelists of her generation", Perriam is set to release her 22nd publication on31 August, 2010. This new novel, Broken Places, explores the personal and professional challenges of a 40-something librarian, forced to hide his mysterious background and his mortifying fears. The book combines laugh-out-loud comedy with a probing investigation of fear, and includes a compassionate but critical look at children growing up in care. Perriam's greatest fan, Fay Weldon, insists "Wendy Perriam was born to write...Her work refreshes and exhilirates." Perriam has been twice married and has a daughter and two step-children. Her daughter died of tongue cancer in 2008. Wendy Perriam lives in London.

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Total Books: 59
I'm on the Train Wendy Perriam
2012 - I'm on the Train Wendy Perriam (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709091356
ISBN-10: 0709091354
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Queen's Margarine
2009 - The Queen's Margarine (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709087885
ISBN-10: 0709087888
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Little Marvel and Other Stories
2008 - Little Marvel and Other Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709085973
ISBN-10: 0709085974
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The Biggest Female in the World
2007 - The Biggest Female in the World (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709083771
ISBN-10: 0709083777
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Virgin In The Gym And Other Stories
2004 - Virgin in the Gym and Other Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709075233
ISBN-10: 0709075235
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Lying
2001 - Lying [Peter Owen Modern Classic] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780720611281
ISBN-10: 0720611288
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Absinthe for Elevenses
2000 - Absinthe for Elevenses (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552018
ISBN-10: 190355201X
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After Purple
2000 - After Purple (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552025
ISBN-10: 1903552028
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Born of Woman
2000 - Born of Woman (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552032
ISBN-10: 1903552036
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The Stillness the Dancing
2000 - The Stillness the Dancing (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781903552049
ISBN-10: 1903552044
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Sin City
2000 - Sin City (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552056
ISBN-10: 1903552052
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Devils for a Change
2000 - Devils for a Change (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552063
ISBN-10: 1903552060
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Fiftyminute Hour
2000 - Fiftyminute Hour (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781903552070
ISBN-10: 1903552079
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Cuckoo
2000 - Cuckoo (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552087
ISBN-10: 1903552087
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Bird Inside
2000 - Bird Inside (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552094
ISBN-10: 1903552095
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Michael Michael
2000 - Michael Michael (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552100
ISBN-10: 1903552109
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Breaking and Entering
2000 - Breaking and Entering (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781903552117
ISBN-10: 1903552117
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Second Skin
1999 - Second Skin (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780006498711
ISBN-10: 000649871X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Coupling
1997 - Coupling (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780006498704
ISBN-10: 0006498701
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Fifty Minute Hour
1991 - Fifty Minute Hour (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780586090824
ISBN-10: 0586090827
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Bourbon for Breakfast
Bourbon for Breakfast (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780385173742
ISBN-10: 0385173741
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