About

A.L.Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 15 books: 6 novels, 6 short story collections and 3 works of non-fiction. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Her new book All The Rage – a collection of short stories – was published by Jonathan Cape in spring 2014. It will soon appear in the US and Canada. She is also a dramatist for the stage, radio, TV and film.

She writes for a number of UK and overseas publications and has a blog with The Guardian Online.

Selected publications

• All the Rage (Random House, 2014)
• On Writing (Jonathan Cape, 2011)
• What Becomes (Jonathan Cape, 2009)

Professional associations

• Fellow Royal Society of Arts
• Fellow Royal Society of Literature

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) (Warwick)