Crooked Heart (Evans) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—the West Midlands, England, UK
• Education—M.D., New Castle Uiniversity
• Awards—Baileys Women's Prize (formerly, Orange Prize)
• Currently—lives in London, Englandb


Lissa Evans (Felicity Kenvyn) is a British television director, producer and author.

After qualifying as a doctor in 1983, Lissa worked in medicine in Newcastle for four years before a brief period in stand-up comedy. She started with an ensemble review called "Wire Less Wireless" which played in some of the pubs in Newcastle.

Lissa joined BBC Radio where she was a producer of comedy programmes before migrating to television. She has produced and/or directed such shows as Father Ted (for which she won a BAFTA for best comedy), Room 101, The Kumars at No. 42, TV Heaven, Telly Hell, Crossing the Floor (for which she won an Emmy for best drama) and Have I Got News For You.

In addition to her television work, Lissa has written four novels for adults: Spencer's List (2002), Odd One Out (2004), Their Finest Hour and a Half (2009) (long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and Crooked Heart (2014, 2015 in the US).

She also wrote two novels for children. The first, Small Change For Stuart, came out in 2011 and was shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Award for Children's fiction, the 2012 Carnegie Medal, and the 2012 Branford Boase Award. (It was published in the US as "Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms").

Her second child's novel, is the Stuart sequel, Big Change for Stuart ("Horten's Incredible Illusions" in the US). It was published in 2012. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 8/2/2015.)