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Susie Boyt

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Susie Boyt (born January 1969) is a British novelist.

Boyt is the daughter of Suzy Boyt and artist Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. Boyt was educated at Channing and at Camden School for Girls and read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford, graduating in 1992. As a student her boyfriend died in a climbing accident. She later trained as a bereavement counsellor.[1]

Working variously at a PR agency, and a literary agency, she completed her first novel, The Normal Man, which was published in 1995 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. She returned to university to do a Masters in Anglo American Literary Relations at University College London studying the works of Henry James and the poet John Berryman.

To date, she has published seven novels, the most recent being Loved and Missed (2021). In 2008, she published My Judy Garland Life, a layering of biography, hero-worship and self-help. Her journalism includes a column in the weekend Life & Arts section of the Financial Times. She is married to Tom Astor, a film producer. They live with their two daughters in London.

Novels

Non-fiction

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ^ "Meet the Freuds by Sebastian Shakespeare and Olivia Cole". Evening Standard. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Susie Boyt: Scourge of the yummy mummy". The Independent. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Love & Fame by Susie Boyt – going through the emotions". The Guardian. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2020.