Maggie Gee

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Maggie Gee was a friend of Kitty Mrosovsky and a fellow alumnus of Somerville College, Oxford. She has published seventeen books, including a memoir, My Animal Life, reviewed for most British media outlets and judged many literary prizes, including the Booker. Her novels include Blood (2019), Virginia Woolf in Manhattan (2014), and the pioneering climate change fictions Where Are the Snows (1990), The Ice People (1997), and The Flood (2004). Her novel The White Family (2002) was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize and the International Dublin Impac Award. Her books have been translated into over 15 languages. She is a Professor Emeritus of Bath Spa University.