Writing · Short Story · Story · Novel
Born Aug 24, 1936 · Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Active 1982–present · Awards: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Erasmus Prize, Booker Prize, O. Henry Award, Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Honorary doctor of Leiden University
A.S. Byatt is a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Educated at York and Newnham College, Cambridge, she taught at the Central School of Art and Design, and was a Senior Lecturer in English at University…