#11 Liz Nugent's Dark Materials
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Doyenne of domestic noir Liz Nugent’s work has an army of fans including Graham Norton, who describes her latest hit Our Little Cruelties as part rollercoaster, part maze. Here, Liz talks to Martina Devlin about coping with pain stemming from a childhood brain haemorrhage, and overcoming challenges large and small – such as one-handed typing. “Shakespeare wrote all his plays one-handed with a feather,” she says. She also reveals her favourite fictional antihero. Clue: he's sexy but mean.
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