Gail Honeyman

Gail Honeyman (born 1972 ) is a Scottish writer whose debut novel, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, won the 2017 Costa First Novel Award.

Biography Born and raised in Stirling in central Scotland

She studied French language and literature at the University of Glasgow before continuing her education at the University of Oxford with a postgraduate course in French poetry. However, she decided that an academic career was not for her and started a string of "backroom jobs", first as a civil servant in economic development and then as an administrator at the University of Glasgow.

While working as an administrator, Honeyman enrolled in a Faber Academy writing course,

In January 2018, Honeyman said she was working on a new novel, "set in a different period and location."

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