"Alice Thompson (born in Edinburgh) is a Scottish novelist.
Thompson was educated at St George's School, Edinburgh, then read English at Oxford University and wrote her Ph.D. ...
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thesis on Henry James. In the 1980s she was the keyboard player with rock band The Woodentops. She has a son, and lives in Edinburgh. Her novel Justine was the joint winner of the 1996 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. She also won a Creative Scotland Award in 2000, and was a Writer in Residence in Shetland." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.08.2021)