About Avril Joy
Avril Joy was a British writer.
Avril M. Joy is a British author whose short story "Millie and Bird" won the Costa Short Story Award in the 2012 Costa Book Awards.
Born in Somerset, Joy graduated with a BA in History of Art from the University of East Anglia in 1972. A short story writer and poet, her debut novel The Sweet Track was published in 2007.
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