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Wendy Wallace

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I grew up in Kent, in England, and later graduated in Media Studies from what was then Central London Polytechnic. I worked first as a photographer, then for many years as a feature writer, before turning to fiction.

I’ve written for the Times, the Times Educational Supplement, the Guardian, the Telegraph and many other magazines and newspapers.

My journalism, on Sudan and later on schools, led to my two non-fiction books - Daughter of Dust (Simon & Schuster 2009) and Oranges and Lemons (Routledge 2005). In 2001, I was Education Journalist of the Year.

I have now turned to writing fiction, which had always been my dream. The Painted Bridge, the story of a woman tricked into a Victorian asylum in the year 1859, is my first novel. I’m working o ...more

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Average rating: 3.52 · 2,643 ratings · 417 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Painted Bridge 3.49 avg rating — 2,168 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred River 3.58 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of Dust: Growing up an Outcast in the Desert of Sudan 3.76 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oranges and Lemons 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Wendy Wallace said: " I can't give this book a star rating as I probably won't ever read all the essays but if you find Siri Hustvedt interesting, as I do, then it's well worth dipping into. ...more "

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“She grew silent, waded in the shallows, heard the sigh and suck of the water, knew the terrible emptiness of her open hands.”
― Wendy Wallace, The Painted Bridge

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