Lionel Shriver

Writing

Birthday	May 18, 1957 (68 years old)
Place of birth	Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
Gender	Female

Lionel Shriver is an American journalist and author who lives in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 and was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name, starring Tilda Swinton.