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A. S. Byatt (1936–2023) was a renowned novelist, short story writer, and critic whose work earned international acclaim. Educated at York and Newnham College, Cambridge, she taught English before turning to full-time writing. Her novels include Possession, which won the 1990 Booker Prize, The Children’s Book, and the Frederica Quartet. Her work has been translated into thirty-two languages and recognized with numerous honors, including the Erasmus Prize, the Pak Kyongni Prize, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999.

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Bibliography

Series

Frederica Potter


A Literary Fiction series (1978 - 2002)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Sixties Britain alive with art, ideas, and radical politics
  • Smart women navigating academic power struggles
  • Courtroom drama inside eccentric, freedom-testing communities

Standalone Fiction

The Pajama Game. Penguin No. 1141

The Shadow of the Sun

The Game

Sugar and Other Stories

Sugar and Other Stories

Short story collection

Possession

Passions of the Mind

Passions of the Mind

Short story collection

Angels & Insects

Angels & Insects

Short story collection

The Matisse Stories

The Matisse Stories

Short story collection

Medusa's Ankles

Medusa's Ankles

Short story collection

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

Short story collection

Unruly Times

Elementals

Elementals

Short story collection

The Biographer's Tale

Little Black Book of Stories

Little Black Book of Stories

Short story collection

The New Uncanny

The New Uncanny

Short story collection

The Children's Book

Ragnarok

Standalone Non-fiction

Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch

Short story

Still Life

On Histories and Stories

On Histories and Stories

Short story collection

The Bird Hand Book

Vintage Byatt

Memory

Memory


Peacock & Vine

Little Stacks of Classics & Literary Fiction

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