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She died peacefully at home with family, according toa statement by her publisher.
Her first novel,The Shadow of the Sun, was published by Chatto & Windus in 1964.
She was later again shortlisted for a Booker Prize in 2009 for her novelThe Childrens Book.
Her last published work was a 2021 collection of short stories titledMedusas Ankles: Selected Stories.
Antonias books are the most wonderful jewel-boxes of stories and ideas.
Finally, the shape was fully formed in her mind.
Then it would flow on to the page, with not a change to be made.
