Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television, but the ‘Bloody excellent’ (David Barnett) When God Was a Rabbit is her first hop into the world of authordom.
Spanning four decades, from onwards, the story follows a fabulous but flawed family and the slew of ordinary and extraordinary incidents that shape their everyday lives. It is a story about childhood and growing up, loss of innocence, eccentricity, familial ties and friendships, love and life. ‘Primarily,’ Winman says, ‘I would call it a love story between a brother and sister’. ‘Absolutely brilliant… Up there with One Day and Skippy Dies in my faves.’ says Graeme Neill of the Bookseller.
Watch the trailer for When God Was a Rabbit here, or see an interview with Sarah Winman here.
Sarah Winman author biography, plus links to books by Sarah Winman.
Sarah Winman
Sarah Winman is the author of three previous novels, Tin Man, A Year of Marvelous Ways, and When God Was a Rabbit. She grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theater, film, and television.
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Still Life
Skip to contentSarah Winman is a successful actor and author who has been clearly visible on our screens since the late s. In she wrote her first novel When God was a Rabbit, which won several awards, including New Writer of the Year in the Galaxy National Book Awards. Despite such immediate success, Winman’s writing has nevertheless managed to go from strength to strength. Tin Man was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and Still Life, published in , has been on the receiving end of rapturous praise from both critics and readers alike.
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, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn’s talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses’ mind that will shape the trajectory of his life – and of those who love him – fo
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Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Weber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. Her first novel, When God Was a Rabbit was an international bestseller, her second A Year of Marvellous Ways was a Sunday Times bestseller and Tin Man was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award
1. Why do you tell stories?
Ha! Good question. I often ask myself that. A simple answer is because I always have. As an actor and as a writer. Somewhere I enjoy the journey of the narrative. The make-believe is really important to me - the imaginative shift away from reality. And within that shift lies problem solving and seeking an aspirational alternative, confronting fears, working out life on the page. That’s why themes become recurring. Storytelling is what I do to be me.
2. Describe Still Life in one (or two) sentence(s).
A story of found family and opportunity and love and the value of art. My answer to right-wing rhetoric and division.
3. Still Life has an absolut
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Still Life
Sarah Winman is a successful actor and author who has been clearly visible on our screens since the late s. In she wrote her first novel When God was a Rabbit, which won several awards, including New Writer of the Year in the Galaxy National Book Awards. Despite such immediate success, Winman’s writing has nevertheless managed to go from strength to strength. Tin Man was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and Still Life, published in , has been on the receiving end of rapturous praise from both critics and readers alike.
Featured book by Sarah Winman
, in the ruined wine cellar of a Tuscan villa, as bombs fall around them, two strangers meet and share an extraordinary evening. Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier, Evelyn Skinner is a sexagenarian art historian and possible spy. She has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the wreckage and relive memories of the time she encountered EM Forster and had her heart stolen by an Italian maid in a particular Florentine room with a view. Evelyn’s talk of truth and beauty plants a seed in Ulysses’ mind that will shape the trajectory of his life – and of those who love him – fo
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Sarah Winman grew up in Essex and now lives in London. She attended the Weber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to act in theatre, film and television. Her first novel, When God Was a Rabbit was an international bestseller, her second A Year of Marvellous Ways was a Sunday Times bestseller and Tin Man was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award
1. Why do you tell stories?
Ha! Good question. I often ask myself that. A simple answer is because I always have. As an actor and as a writer. Somewhere I enjoy the journey of the narrative. The make-believe is really important to me - the imaginative shift away from reality. And within that shift lies problem solving and seeking an aspirational alternative, confronting fears, working out life on the page. That’s why themes become recurring. Storytelling is what I do to be me.
2. Describe Still Life in one (or two) sentence(s).
A story of found family and opportunity and love and the value of art. My answer to right-wing rhetoric and division.
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