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Fact File
| Name:
Sarah Dunant
Also Known As:
Peter Dunant
Current Home:
London, England
Date of Birth:
August 8, 1950
Place of Birth:
London, England
| | Education:
B.A., Cambridge University, 1973
Awards:
Silver Dagger Award for Crime Fiction, 1993
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Spotlight Shy
| In our exclusive interview, we asked Dunant what advice she had for authors trying to be discovered. "I'm not sure I would recommend being 'discovered' -- the very word send shivers down my spine," she admits. "In my other life as critic and broadcaster, I have watched writers struggle with sudden fame, and many of them falter and lose their way under the spotlight. Real writers don't want to be celebrities. Or even rich. They want to have enough money to write and enough recognition not to feel humiliated. That's not the same as being 'discovered' -- best to stay hidden."
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Early Inspirations
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| | Anna Karenina (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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Leo Tolstoy
In our interview, Dunant talks about the books that inspired her, admitting that Tolstoy's classic "made me wish to be married just so I could be unfaithful." She continues, "Thérèse Raquin made me think of crime. Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley convinced me I might get away with it and got me writing mysteries."
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| | The English Patient
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Michael Ondaatje
Dunant also named Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient as a favorite book. "It is soaked in atmosphere and beauty...he writes like a siren. The style is as compulsive as the story," she reflects. Read our interview to learn more about Dunant's favorite books, including:
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