Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, broadcast on the BBC, and widely translated. The author of highly praised novels, including HOT MILK and SWIMMING HOME (both Booker Prize finalists), THE UNLOVED, and BILLY AND GIRL, the acclaimed story collection BLACK VODKA, and two parts of her working autobiography, THINGS I DON’T WANT TO KNOW and THE COST OF LIVING, she lives in London. Levy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.