Dunn, Nell (1936–)
Dunn, Nell (1936–)
British playwright and novelist. Name variations: Nell Mary Sandford. Born 1936 in London, England; m. Jeremy Sandford, 1956.
A Chelsea heiress, wrote short fiction, novels, documentary, screenplay, and plays; published Up the Junction (1963), about working-class life around Clapham Junction in London, which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and was adapted into feature film; also wrote Talking to Women (1965), Poor Cow (1967), The Incurable (1971), Tear His Head off His Shoulders (1974), Living Like I Do (1976), The Only Child (1978), Steaming (1981), for which she won Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Every Breath You Take (1988), The Little Heroine (1988), Grandmothers (1991), My Silver Shoes (1996) and Cancer Tales (2003).
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