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Liz Jensen

Liz Jensen is the author of eight novels including the eco-thrillers The Rapture and The Uninvited, and the Hollywood-adapted The Ninth Life of Louis Drax. 

Her work has been short-listed for the Guardian Fiction Award, nominated three times for the Women’s Fiction prize, adapted for theatre and radio, and translated into twenty languages. 

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November 14, 2020

Interview with Liz on the role of storytellers and the climate crisis

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Liz Writes

A LETTER TO MY NATIVE COUNTRY

January 30, 2020/in Journalism /by thyUibRR

Dear Great Britain, aka the United Kingdom, issuer of my passport, former colonial power, home of Sir David Attenborough and manufacturer of good crisps, Royal scandals, comedy shows and inventor of the word “sorry”- So, you got Brexit done. But are you great? Are you united? As someone born within your shores I am supposed […]

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Changing Tides by Sally Jensen

November 4, 2019/in Journalism /by thyUibRR

Liz didn’t write this cogent article on cli-fi in the movie world but she wishes she had. It’s by her niece Sally Jensen, and was first published in Film Stories Magazine. Enjoy.   Climate change depiction in mainstream cinema’s past, present and future Opening scenes. A freak polar vortex blankets the US Midwest with snow, ice […]

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“A cracking good read”

The Daily TelegraphOn The Uninvited

“If there was ever a book that should be read by lots of people then this is it. Prepare to be horribly spooked”

The GuardianOn The Uninvited

“Wonderfully unsettling …An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul”

The Mail on SundayOn The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

“An exceptional writer”

Scotland on SundayOn War Crimes for the Home

“An end-of-days blockbuster to haunt your nightmares…unputdownable”

The TimesOn The Rapture

“A masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller about a relevant contemporary issue while still respecting the reader’s brain cells….you’ll be gripped”

Irvine WelshOn The Rapture
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  • raphael-dancingGrief in the time of Covid: some reflections on lossApril 4, 2020 - 9:13 pm
  • feat-writers-rebelWriters Rebel is bornOctober 24, 2019 - 10:50 pm
  • Buy The Ninth Life of Louis Drax DVD on AmazonDecember 21, 2016 - 10:40 pm

Publishers

British and US publishers:
Bloomsbury
50 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3DP
www.Bloomsbury.com/uk

Agent

Aitken Alexander Associates,
Clare@AitkenAlexander.co.uk
291 Gray's Inn Road
King's Cross
London WC1X 8QJ
Tel. 0207 3738672
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