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Sarah Hall was born in Cumbria in 1974. She is theprize-winning author of five novels – Haweswater, TheElectric Michelangelo, The Carhullan Army, How to Painta Dead Man and The Wolf Border – as well as The BeautifulIndifference, a collection of short stories which won thePortico and Edge Hill prizes. The first story in the collection,“Butchers Perfume”, was shortlisted for the BBC NationalShort Story Award, a prize she won in 2013 with “Mrs Fox”.

Praise for the full collection, READER, I MARRIED HIM:‘Dazzling’ DAILY MAIL‘The success of this book owes much to [Chevalier’s] enthusiasm … it’s quite amazing to see the quality of work on show’ EVENING STANDARD‘A terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyre’ THE NEW STATESMAN‘A clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for Brontë's many ardent fans’ KIRKUS REVIEWS‘Exemplary…written by some of today's best female writers’ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE‘These pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and it’s a reminder that Charlotte Brontë, too, has many sides’ GLOBE AND MAIL