Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of the war, and grew up in England. She teaches at Sheffield Hallam University. She is married, with a grown-up daughter, and lives in Sheffield. Her novels include the bestselling A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Two Caravans and We are All Made of Glue.

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