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Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of the UK’s leading contemporary novelists. His novels, which include the Booker Prize-shortlisted His Bloody Project and longlisted Case Study, have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives and works in Glasgow.
Edward Carey was born in Norfolk, England. He is a novelist, visual artist, playwright and director. He is the author of four novels, including Little, which was a Times and Sunday Times book of the year, and the YA series The Iremonger Trilogy. Edward lives in the United States and teaches at the University of Texas at Austin.