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Lionel Shriver (born May 18, 1957)
is a journalist and author. She was educated at Columbia University
(B.A., M.F.A.). She won the 2005 Orange Prize for her seventh
published novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, a thriller
and close study of maternal ambivalence, and the role it might
have played in the title character's decision to murder seven
of his classmates. Her previous novels include The Female
of the Species (1987), Checker and the Derailleurs
(1989), Game Control (1994), and Double Fault
(1998). In July 2005, she began writing a column for The Guardian
newspaper.
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