Culture Matters – The *Euro Stars* Debate: A. L. Kennedy

A. L. Kennedy was born in Dundee in 1965. She is the author of 17 books: 6 literary novels, 1 science fiction novel, 7 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. She was twice included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.

Her prose is published in a number of languages. She has won awards including the 2007 Costa Book Award and the Austrian State Prize for International Literature. She is also a dramatist for the stage, radio, TV and film. She is an essayist and regularly reads her work on BBC radio. She occasionally writes and performs one-person shows. She writes for a number of UK and overseas publications and for The Guardian Online.

A. L. Kennedy is one of five European writers who will talk to Rosie Goldsmith about Europe during our next *Euro Stars* event: CULTURE MATTERS – THE *EURO STARS* DEBATE on 27 April at Europe House.