The Modern Novel

Biography

Joanna Kavenna was born in Leicester in 1974. She grew up in Suffolk and the Midlands and has travelled extensively. Her first published book was about some of her travels. She had written several books before but they remain unpublished. She has held writing fellowships at St Antony’s College, Oxford and St John’s College, Cambridge. As well as her books, she has contributed to various newspapers and magazines. She was named as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.

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Joanna Kavenna is one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. But will she ever be an older one? And will anyone else?
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