Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyford House on the Blackstock council estate. Best known for her novels 'Small Island' and 'The Long Song'. She wrote from the perspective of the Windrush generation.
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Andrea Levy
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Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy, 1956 - 2019, novelist and chronicler of the British Caribbean ex...
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B. Traven
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Roy Porter
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