Barker, Nicola

Nicola Barker is the author of eleven novels, including "The Yips" (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize), "Darkmans" (shortlisted for the Booker and the Ondaatje Prize and winner of the Hawthornden Prize), "Clear" (longlisted for the Booker), and "Wide Open" (winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), and three story collections, including" Love Your Enemies" (winner of the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award). Two of her stories, "Dual Balls" and "Symbiosis," have been adapted for British television, and the former was shortlisted for a BAFTA. Barker was named on "Granta"'s Best of