Anita Mason
Anita Mason was born in Bristol, during the middle of WWII. She read English at Oxford, lived in London, and worked in the publishing field for five years. She then settled in Cornwall, where she began writing fiction, building on a base of non-fiction, magazine writing, and newspaper reporting. The author of six novels including The Illusionist which was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Her other novels include The Racket, shortlisted for the Fawcett prize 1990. She was a Fellow at Bath Spa University between 1999 and 2002.
