"The truly radical sub-text, however, is that a heroine can be politically motivated, a good dancer, attractive to the opposite sex, and fat all at the same time."
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Anne Billson
1992 – 2001
Anne Billson (born 1954) is a writer, film critic and novelist who was born in Southport, England. Granta named Billson one of the "Best Young British Novelists" in 1993; her fiction combines horror with satire. She has worked as the film critic of The Sunday Telegraph (1992–2001), and other newspapers. She has written film reviews for the New Statesman & Society (1991–92) and Time Out. Her works of nonfiction include Cats on Film (2017).
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