Information about author Helen Dunmore Pub. Mammoth. Looking for
profile of this Author

Hello tinkerbell58!

There's not a ton of information out there on Ms. Dunmore since, as a
BBC profile states, "she is famously private about her personal life."
 But the BBC does have a short profile of her which includes this
information:

"Helen Dunmore was born in Beverley, Yorkshire in 1952. After taking a
degree at York University and teaching in Finland for two years, she
settled in Bristol where she has lived for the past 24 years with her
husband and children..."

The full BBC profile is on the following pages (I've listed Page 2
first since that has more specific info on her):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/dunmore/pg2.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/author/dunmore/

Another similar profile and a partial bibliography of her works is
available at:
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth103&state=index%3Dd

The BBC also has a transcript of a Nov. 2002 live chat with her:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/club/talkingto/chat.shtml

Penguin UK Publishing has a profile page on her, but unfortunately
that page seems to be currently available (and the cached version
doesn't work either).  But perhaps the profile will be available
later:
http://www.penguin.co.uk/Author/AuthorPage/0,1019,0000036369,00.html

However, Penguin UK also has video clips in which she talks about her
career.  I am uncertain if you have the right plug-ins on your
computer to view the video, but the clips can be accessed at:
http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/packages/uk/readers/video/dunmore_vid.html

A listing of her titles that are carried by Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Dunmore%2C%20Helen/

A few more interview in which she mainly discusses her book contents
but which nevertheless may be interesting:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,504308,00.html
http://195.157.68.238/2002prize/shortlist/dunmorei.html

I hope this information is helpful.  If you would like for me to
clarify any of it, please let me know.

leep-ga


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Clarification of Answer by leep-ga on 09 Oct 2002 14:45 PDT

Hello, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with the answer.  If you had
asked for an answer clarification and specified what other information
you were seeking on the author, I would have done some further
researching so that you would have been fully satisfied.