Jenni Fagan is an award-winning novelist, poet, screenwriter and artist. She has published four novels, five poetry collections and her memoir Ootlin. Jenni concluded a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2020 becoming a doctor of philosophy. Her fourth novel Luckenbooth is in adaptation for television, alongside The Panopticon, and she is writing the screenplay for both. She directed her short script, Heart of Glass, for BBC 4. She had the front cover of The New York Times Book Review for her first two novels, she wrote an aria for National Opera, and her play, The Panopticon, saw a sell-out run with the National Theatre of Scotland.
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