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Born in Oxfordshire, Liz has lived and worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan and France as a journalist, radio producer and sculptor. She lives in London. Her latest novel, The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, is published in January 2005 in the US. Film rights have been bought by Miramax; Anthony Minghella will adapt and direct the movie. Click here to read the press release.

Liz Jensen's previous  novel, War Crimes for the Home was published in paperback in April 2003 and was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award for her second book Ark Baby.

To find out more about War Crimes for the Home, The Paper Eater, and all of Liz Jensen's previous titles, visit www.lizjensen.com.