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Bethan Roberts


Born
in Oxford, The United Kingdom
August 30, 1973

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Historical Fiction


Bethan Roberts was born in Abingdon. Her first novel 'The Pools' was published in 2007 and won a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers’ Award. Her second novel 'The Good Plain Cook', published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime and was chosen as one of Time Out’s books of the year. 'My Policeman' was published by Chatto and Windus in February 2012 and was selected as that year's City Read for Brighton. Her latest novel, 'Mother Island', is longlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. She also writes short stories (in 2006 she was awarded the Olive Cook short story prize by the Society of Authors) and drama for BBC Radio 4. Bethan has worked as a television documentary researcher, writer and assistant producer, and has tau ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 89,276 ratings · 11,893 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors
My Policeman
3.99 avg rating — 88,644 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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Graceland
3.73 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions
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The Good Plain Cook
2.87 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions
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The Pools
3.46 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Mother Island
3.45 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions
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O Meu Polícia
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A Short Road to Longbrook
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Night of the Demon
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The Diaries of Monica Rawlins
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My Own Private Gondolier
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“I laughed. ‘For a policeman, you’re very romantic.’
‘For an artist, you’re very afraid,’ he said.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman
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“We should live here.’ After just two days of the possibilities of Venice, I said, ‘We should live here.’ And Tom’s answer was, ‘We should fly to the moon.’ But he was smiling.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman
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“Dunno much about art." "You don't have to. That's the wonderful thing about it. It's about reacting to it. Feeling it, if you like. It's not really anything to do with knowledge”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman
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