The Little Snake

A.L. Kennedy is the British author of three works of non-fiction, and five short story collections including All The Rage. She won the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day, has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. She is also a dramatist and broadcaster and she has a regular blog with The Guardian Online. She lives in London and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at the University of Warwick. Her latest book is Alive in the Merciful Country.