Fiona Dunscombe won the Dundee International Book Prize [2007] for The Triple Point of Water, which draws on her experiences of working as a stripper in Soho in the Eighties. She has written drama for radio and her plays have been shortlisted for and awarded prizes at two London Radio Playwrights Festivals. She now lives in France and her story, ‘Shifting Sands’, can be read in 3:AM London, New York, Paris. Fiona says: “It struck me that [a] music list was more mutable (even from day to day) and emotional; the books thing is more about ways of seeing the world, so it might take a decade to start to view favourite books in a different light. Five of my favourite books are…”
1. Gilead, — Marilynne Robinson
2. Knowledge of Angels, — Jill Paton Walsh
3. Eating Children, — Jill Tweedie
4. The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, — Melissa Bank
5. The Vagina Monologues, — Eve EnslerFirst posted: Friday, March 21st, 2008.
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