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Lynn Knight was born in Derbyshire and lives in London. A writer, editor, lecturer and former editorial director of Virago, she teaches women writers from earlier periods at London's City Lit and at the Women's Library. She has lectured at the V&A, at festivals and other venues, and appeared on radio, including Woman's Hour and Open Book. She has also written book reviews and occasional journalism.


In addition to her biography, Clarice Cliff, she is the editor of two collections of short stories: Dangerous Calm: The Selected Short Stories of Elizabeth Taylor (Virago 1995) and The Secret Woman: Classic Women's Short Stories (Virago 1993; reissue 2000), and has abridged The Diaries of Beatrice Webb (Virago & LSE, 2000).