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Anneliese Mackintosh

Literature & Fiction
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Anneliese Mackintosh’s debut novel, So Happy It Hurts, will be published by Jonathan Cape in July 2017. Her first short story collection, Any Other Mouth, was published by Freight Books in 2014, and it won the Green Carnation Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize, Saltire Society's First Book Award, and the Saboteur Award, and longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Anneliese's short fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland, and published in magazines and anthologies including the Scotsman, Edinburgh Review, and the Best British Short Stories 2013. Anneliese has a PhD in Creative Writing. Her website is at www.anneliesemackintosh.com. Praise for So Happy It Hurts: 'Assured, honest and innovative . . . So Happy it Hurts is something of a high-wire act, laugh-out-loud funny at times but also so emotionally honest that it sometimes feels like a punch to the guts . . . as sharp a novel about 21st-century living as you'll find anywhere.' The Big Issue. 'A heartbreakingly sincere quest for happiness.. when it’s happy, Anneliese Mackintosh’s latest work is positively radiant.' The Skinny Praise for Any Other Mouth: 'An unnerving debut that sits at the intersection between short story collection, novel and memoir... Mackintosh manages the impressive feat of laying bare her broken heart, dysfunctional family and insecurities in a way that seduces rather than invites pity, a vein of wry humour running through even the darkest moments.' The List Magazine 'It’s one of the saddest yet most uplifting things I’ve read in ages and it made me cry. Mackintosh is a real talent and Any Other Mouth is a remarkable debut.' The Independent
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