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Aka—Antonia Susan Drabble Byatt
Birth—August 24, 1936
Where—Sheffield, England, UK
Education—B.A., Cambridge University; undergraduate
   work, Bryn Mawr College (USA) and Oxford University
Awards—Booker Prize
Currently—lives in London, England, and France


A. S. Byatt is the author of numerous novels, including the quartet The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower, and A Whistling Woman; The Biographer's Tale; and Possession, which was awarded the Booker Prize.

She has also written two novellas, published together as Angels & Insects; five collections of shorter works, including The Matisse Stories and Little Black Book of Stories; and several works of nonfiction.

A distinguished critic as well as a novelist, she lives in London. (From the publisher and Barnes & Noble.)

She is the sister of author Margaret Drabble.