novelist playwright writer poet
Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company and she is the author of novels including Beautiful Mutants, Swallowing Geography, Billy and Girl, and the Booker-shortlisted Swimming Home. The family emigrated to Wembley Park, in 1968. 2001 Lannan Literary Fellowship, and 2004 Residency, Marfa.
2001 Lannan Literary Fellowship, and 2004 Residency, Marfa 2012 Specsavers National Book Awards, United Kingdom Author of the Year prize shortlist for Swimming Home 2012 Manitoba Booker Prize shortlist for Swimming Home and Other Stories 2012 British Broadcasting Corporation International Short Story Award shortlist for "Black Vodka" 2013 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize shortlist for Swimming Home 2013 Frank O"Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for Black Vodka.
Levy"s father was a member of the African National Congress and an academic and historian.
