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Jean McNeil


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Jean McNeil is the author of ten books including four novels and a collection of short fiction. Her work has been short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Journey Prize, and she has won the Prism International prize for short fiction and subsequently for narrative non-fiction. She is the co-director of the Masters in Prose Fiction at the University of East Anglia and lives in London, England.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 2,447 ratings · 266 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors
Ice Diaries: An Antarctic M...
3.41 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions
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Day for Night
3.03 avg rating — 198 ratings — 5 editions
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The Dhow House
3.33 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions
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Fire on the Mountain
3.15 avg rating — 80 ratings — 2 editions
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The Interpreter of Silences
3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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The Rough Guide to Costa Rica
3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions
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Hunting Down Home
3.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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The Ice Lovers
2.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Private View
3.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions
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Latitudes: Encounters with ...
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