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Canonical name

Slater, Maya

Legal name

Slater, Maya

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Gender

female

Nationality

England

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Places of residence

London, England, UK

Education

Oxford University (Somerville College)

Occupations

lecturer (university ∙ retired)

Relationships

Slater, Nicolas Pasternak (husband)

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Awards and honors

Agents

Charlie Campbell at Ed Victor;

Short biography

Maya started writing fiction on taking early retirement. Before that she was a lecturer at London University, specialising in French literature. She published several academic books.
Nowadays she is concentrating on fiction, but keeps up her academic interests, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow of her old college, Queen Mary, University of London. She lives in London with her husband who retired from being a hospital doctor and also writes. They have two journalist daughters and four small grandchildren, who live nearby.

See Maya's website on http://www.MayaSlater.com

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