| BIO
Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1918. She is
the author of twenty-one novels as well as collections of short
stories, criticism, and poetry. Her most celebrated works include
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1961), THE COMFORTERS (1957), THE
GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS (1963), THE MANDELBAUM GATE (1965), THE DRIVER'S
SEAT (1970), LOITERING WITH INTENT (1981), and A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON
(1988). She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and Commandeur
des Arts et des Lettres in 1996. She lives in Tuscany, Italy.
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