Susannah Dickey

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Susannah Dickey is a novelist and poet from Derry in Northern Ireland. [1]

Dickey received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2020. [2] Her first novel, Tennis Lessons, was published by Doubleday UK in 2020. Her second novel, Common Decency, followed in 2022, [3] and was reviewed in The Times, [4] the Irish Times [5] and The Guardian. [6] She has published several poetry pamphlets, including I had some very slight concerns (The Lifeboat Press, 2017), Genuine human values (The Lifeboat Press, 2018), Bloodthirsty for Marriage (Bad Betty Press, 2020) and Oh! (The Lifeboat Press, 2022). Her first collection of poetry, Isdal, will be published by Picador in September 2023.

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References

  1. "Derry author Susannah Dickey on poetry and why schools should encourage the medium". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  2. "Irish poet wins Society of Authors' Award and slice of £100,000 fund". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. "Susannah Dickey | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  4. Lowdon, Claire. "Common Decency by Susannah Dickey: a treat of a novel by a rare talent". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  5. "Common Decency by Susannah Dickey: Despite its talk of inescapable joylessness, this Belfast-set book is packed with wit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  6. "In brief: Common Decency; A Woman's World: 1850-1960; The Pathfinders – reviews". the Guardian. 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2022-10-29.