Her first novel, Haweswater, was published in 2002. It is set in the 1930s, focuses on one family - the Lightburns - and is a rural tragedy about the disintegration of a community of Cumbrian hill-framers, due to the building of a reservoir. It won several awards, including the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best First Book).
Sarah Hall currently lives in North Carolina. Her second book, The Electric Michelangelo (2004), set in the turn-of-the-century seaside resorts of Morecambe Bay and Coney Island, was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book).
The Carhullan Army (2007), won the 2007 John Llewellyn-Rhys Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the 2008 Arthur C Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction.
Her latest novel is How to Paint a Dead Man (2009).
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authD4F18F62114931C08AYjK2634315
The following articles by Sara Hall mention Richard Brautigan:
"Book of a Lifetime: Revenge of the Lawn, by Richard Brautigan." The Independent 19 June 2009.
Articles about Sara Hall:
Lea, Richard. "Northern tea with Sarah Hall." The Guardian 14 July 2009.
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