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About Louise Doughty

Louise Doughty is the author of Crazy Paving (1995), Dance With Me (1996) and Honey-Dew (1998), and three plays for radio. She has also worked widely as a journalist and broadcaster. Her fourth novel, Fires in the Dark is the first in a planned series of novels based on the history of the Romany people and her own family ancestry.

Articles by Louise Doughty

Wednesday 23rd April

In search of my character

For this acclaimed British novelist, fiction revealed itself in personal history – her Romany ancestry. Here, she tells how she came to write her latest novel, ‘Fires in the Dark’, due out on 6 May, and gives openDemocracy an exclusive advance extract.
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