About Emma Burstall
Born 1961. Emma Burstall is a British journalist, novelist and author.
Emma Burstall (born 1961) is an English author and journalist. She has published several novels and writes for The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday.
Burstall was educated at the St Paul's Girls' School and studied English at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating from Cambridge University in 1980. She began her career as a reporter on the Western Morning News, Her first novel Gym and Slimline was published in 2008,
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British writer
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Emma Burstall was born in 1961.
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Emma Burstall is a journalist, novelist and author.
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