Authors: Chloe Hooper
The Engagement (21 page)
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CHLOE HOOPER
was born in Melbourne in 1973. She was educated at the University of Melbourne and, as a Fulbright Scholar, Columbia University, New York. Her first novel,
A Child’s Book of True Crime,
was a
New York Times
Notable Book and shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in Australia.
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