Hilary Mantel

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'War Dances isa spiritedly provocative array of tragic COmedies" - Publishers Weekly notebook NEWBOOK RELEASES:WhiteMasks by Elias Khoury, TheMemory ofLovebyAminatta Forna, A Thread ofSkyby Deanna Fel MOREON PAGE6 TheWLTBook Club SHERMAN ALEXIE V WtNMEfl OFTHENATIONAL BOOK AWARD \ WAR DANCES In the January2010 issue,WLT introduced itsnew online book club, beginning with Merlinda Bobis's The Solemn Lantern Maker. Our next selection is War Dances (Grove, 2009), a collection of short stories and poems byNative author, poet, and filmmaker Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene), who won a 2007 National Book Award forTheAbsolutely True Diary ofa Part-Time Indian (Young People's Literature). Alexie's other works of fictioninclude Reservation Blues, Ten Little Indians,and The LoneRanger and Tonto Fistfightin Heaven (for more about theauthor, visit www.shermanalexie.com). For discussion questions about War Dances and related materials, visit www.worldliteraturetoday. com, and joinus on Facebook for a discussion of thebook. And if you can be inNorman, Oklahoma, on March 25-26,2010, join us for thePuterbaugh Festival of World Literature & Culture, atwhich Alexie will give a public talkand sign copies ofhis books. For a complete festival schedule, visit the WLT website. authorprofile HILARY MANTEL Hilary Mantel WOLF HALL Born in Glossop,Derbyshire,in1952,Hilary Mantel was educated at a convent school, studied law at SheffieldUniversity, and went on to jobs insocialwork and teaching English inBotswana and Saudi Arabia before beginning her career as a writer. Her first novel,Every Day Is Mother'sDay,was published in 1985. Inthe lasttwenty-four years she has authored twelve books, six of which have received prominent awards. Known for her stories'dark atmospheres andwittyturns, Mantel isacclaimed bycriticsfor her intensity and flair for detail.Hermost recentnovel, WolfHall,was awarded the2009 Man Booker Prizeforfiction. CompiledbyRobinClick "Wolf Hall's main charactersare scorchingly well rendered. And their sharp-clawed machinations are presented with nonstop verve in a book thatcan compress awealth of incisivenessintoa veryfew well chosen words." - Janet Maslin,New York Times March-April 2010 15 ...