Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Costa 2014 book awards shortlist includes first novel by ex-Mormon

Carys Bray’s book A Song for Issy Bradley joins three others for first book award, as Ali Smith and Colm Tóibín top novel shortlist

Author Carys Bray photographed near her home in Southport, Lancashire
Author Carys Bray photographed near her home in Southport, Lancashire. Photograph: Colin Mcpherson/Corbis
A once devout Mormon who replaced the rules and rigours of her religion for the freedoms and joys of writing has been shortlisted for one of the UK’s most prestigious literary prizes.
Carys Bray and her book A Song for Issy Bradley was named on Tuesday as one of four writers who will compete for the 2014 Costa first book prize.

Bray was born into a strict Mormon family in Southport and spent a term at the Mormon University in Utah at the age of 19; but by her early 30s she, her husband and their four children decided to leave.
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