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Jonathan Coe Biography

Jonathan Coe was born in 1961 in Lickey, a suburb of south-west Birmingham. His first novel, The Accidental Woman was published in 1987. His best-selling novels include What a Carve Up! and The Rotters' Club (2001). He is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including both Costa Novel of the Year and Prix du Livre Européen. He won France's Prix Médicis for The House of Sleep and Italy's Premio Flaiano and Premio Bauer-Ca' Foscari.

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Joseph coelho biography About Joseph Coelho I grew up in the last village in London, in Roehampton during the 1980’s and grew up in a tower block with my mum and little sister. I don’t recall wanting to be a writer when I was little – to be honest I don’t think it ever occurred to me that I could be a writer.