Andrea Levy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrea Levy
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Mar 7, 1956(1956-03-07)
Age	68
Date Of Death	February 14, 2019, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Andrea Levy Biography

Andrea Levy is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on March 7, 1956 in England, England, United Kingdom. English author and novelist who is best known for her books Small Island in 2004 and The Long Song in 2010. She is also known for having won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004.

Other novelists who have also been awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction include Lauren Liebenberg, Madeline Miller, and Zadie Smith.

Levy began writing in her mid-30s after her father died. It was not a therapeutic attempt to deal with her loss, but rather a need to understand where she came from. She then enrolled in Alison Fell’s Creative Writing class at the City Lit in 1989, continuing with the course for seven years. She struggled initially to get her work published, her first novel being rejected by several companies that were unsure of how to market her writing. Levy spoke in a 1999 interview of the “herd mentality” of publishers worried about the possibly limited market appeal of her work: “the main problem was that they perceived it as being just about race, and thought it would only appeal to black readers.” However, as Margaret Busby noted, Levy “proved that to write about… migration from the specific yet complex perspective of being a black English female is not a limitation to finding a wide and appreciative readership, but in fact the exact opposite.”

In 1994 Levy’s first novel, the semi-autobiographical Every Light in the House Burnin’, was published and attracted favourable reviews. The Independent on Sunday stated: “This story of a young girl in the 60s in north London, child of Jamaican migrants, stands comparison with some of the best stories about growing up poor – humorous and moving, unflinching and without sentiment”. Her second novel, Never Far from Nowhere (1996), is a coming-of-age story about two sisters of Jamaican parentage, Vivian and Olive, growing up in Finsbury Park, London in the 1970s. It was long-listed for the Orange Prize.

She was born in London and was raised by Jamaican parents. She married Bill Mayblin.

Andrea Levy Net Worth

Andrea Levy is one of the richest Novelist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrea Levy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She originally studied textile design and weaving at Middlesex Polytechnic school. She started her career as a costume assistant, working for the BBC and Royal Opera House. She started writing in her mid thirties and gained international attention in 1994 when she released her first novel Every Light in the House Burnin’.

She has won several awards for her writing including the Walter Scott Prize in 2011, the Man Booker Prize in 2010, the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2005, and the Whitbreak Book of the Year award in 2004.

Andrea Levy FRSL (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.

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Who is Andrea Levy Dating?

According to our records, Andrea Levy married to Bill Mayblin. As of December 1, 2023, Andrea Levy’s is not dating anyone.

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Her short book Six Stories and an Essay was published in 2014. It begins with an autobiographical essay and includes stories that are drawn from various life experiences.

Facts & Trivia

Andrea Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Andrea Levy celebrates birthday on March 7 of every year.

Levy was married to Bill Mayblin. She died on 14 February 2019, aged 62, after living with metastatic breast cancer for 15 years.

Is Andrea Levy still alive?

February 14, 2019

How old is Andrea Levy?

62 years (1956–2019)

How is the man on the bus described in back to my own country?

The bus was full of people and one of them was a black man. That was not a common sight in those days. I could tell from his accent that, like my parents, he was from somewhere in the Caribbean. He was talkative, smiling politely at people and trying to engage them in chat.

Who wrote the long song?

Andrea Levy

What was the Windrush story?

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