Lionel Shriver

About

Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver; May 18, 1957) is an American author, journalist, and cultural commentator. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005.

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Quotes from Lionel Shriver

A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.

—Lionel Shriver in Checker and the Derailleurs

I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story.

—Lionel Shriver in We Need to Talk About Kevin

hope becoming mortified

Books

Lionel Shriver has the following books quoted on Quodid:

Checker and the Derailleurs
We Need to Talk About Kevin