My Face in the Light by UEA alumna Martha Schabas has been longlisted for the 2022 Toronto Book Awards, which are worth $10,000 to the winner and $1,000 to each shortlisted author. It was published by Knopf earlier this year. Martha studied ballet, theatre and political science before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose […]
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My Face in the Light
An excerpt from Martha Schabas’s new novel, My Face in the Light, published on April 12, 2022 by Knopf Canada The best liars are not cunning so much as they are delusional. They are able to lie convincingly because, in the moment of lying, they internalize their need to be believed. So they offer […]
My Face In The Light by Martha Schabas
My Face in the Light is the new novel by UEA alumna Martha Schabas and is published by Knopf this week. Martha studied ballet, theatre and political science before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA. She graduated in 2007 as the recipient of that year’s David Higham Award, and subsequently gained […]
