Lynne Truss
Autore di Virgole per caso: tolleranza zero per gli errori di punteggiatura
Sull'Autore
Lynne Truss was born on May 31, 1955, in Kingston upon Thames, England. She is an English writer and journalist. Her book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation was a best-seller in 2003. Truss received a first-class honors degree in English Language and Literature from mostra altro University College London in 1977. After graduation, she worked for the Radio Times as a sub-editor before moving to the Times Higher Education Supplement as the deputy literary editor in 1978. From 1986 to 1990, she was the literary editor of The Listener and was an arts and books reviewer for The Independent on Sunday before joining The Times in 1991. She currently reviews books for The Sunday Times. She has also written numerous books including Tennyson's Gift; Going Loco; Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation; and Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Lynne Truss
Opere correlate
That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us (2015) — Prefazione — 148 copie
Femmes de Siècle: Stories from the 90s - Women Writing at the End of Two Centuries (1992) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1955-05-31
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Petersham, Surrey, England, UK
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK - Istruzione
- The Tiffin Girls' School
University College London (BA - English Language and Literature, 1977) - Attività lavorative
- literary editor
journalist - Organizzazioni
- Radio Times
Times Higher Education
The Listener
The Independent
The Times
The Sunday Times (mostra tutto 7)
Women's Refuge Project - Premi e riconoscimenti
- University of Brighton (Honorary Doctorate, 2005)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 2005) - Agente
- Anthony Goff (David Higham Associates)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Unread books (1)
2000s decade (1)
Female Author (1)
Craft Books (1)
Cats in Fiction (2)
Funny Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 45
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 22,290
- Popolarità
- #955
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 592
- ISBN
- 254
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 18
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