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Dame Muriel Spark DBE was a prolific Scottish novelist short story writer and poet whose darkly comedic voice made her one of the most distinctive writers of the twentieth century In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The Mandelbaum Gate the Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992 and the David Cohen Prize in 1997 She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 in recognition of her services to literature She has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1969 for The Public Image and in 1981 for Loitering with Intent In 1998 she was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN f Dame Muriel Spark DBE was a prolific Scottish novelist short story writer and poet whose darkly comedic voice made her one of the most distinctive writers of the twentieth century In 2008 The Times newspaper named Spark in its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The Mandelbaum Gate the Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992 and the David Cohen Prize in 1997 She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 in recognition of her services to literature She has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1969 for The Public Image and in 1981 for Loitering with Intent In 1998 she was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for a Lifetime s Distinguished Service to Literature In 2010 Spark was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize of 1970 for The Driver s Seat. Chimes bookstore city park Spark received eight honorary doctorates in her lifetime These included a Doctor of the University degree Honoris causa from her alma mater Heriot Watt University in 1995 a Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris causa from the American University of Paris in 2005 and Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen Edinburgh London Oxford St Andrews and Strathclyde. Short stories the chimes in a box Spark grew up in Edinburgh and worked as a department store secretary writer for trade magazines and literary editor before publishing her first novel The Comforters in 1957 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie published in 1961 and considered her masterpiece was made into a stage play a TV series and a film site_link A very clever story which will keep you guessing right up until the twist in the tale The ChimesA short crime mystery written in a very interesting way Suspicion falls on the doctor but no one can work out when he did it he had an unbreakable alibi So you read the story along with the characters and it is impossible to see how the doctor could have committed the murder but you know he definitely did it. Chinesebookonline coupon The twist in the end is unguessable even though there are clues But is not in fact unique I read it in another story a long time ago but had forgotten it Maybe Muriel Spark read that same story too and recycled the ending to really good effect Good little story passes the time that is another clue Muriel Spark .