Author

Deborah Levy

34 books, mostly literary fiction, for Penguin and Hamish Hamilton, 2014–2026

Deborah Levy is a South African-born British novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist. She began her writing career in theatre, with plays staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, before gaining wide recognition for her literary fiction, including the Booker Prize-finalist novels Swimming Home and Hot Milk. Her work also includes the short-story collection Black Vodka and the autobiographical trilogy Things I Don’t Want to Know, The Cost of Living, and Real Estate.

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literary fiction general biography essays cultural social issues womens fiction

Publishers

Penguin 12 Hamish Hamilton 7 Highbridge Audio 3 Audible Studios 2 Macmillan Audio 2 Audible Studios for Bloomsbury 1 BBC Audio 1 Bloomsbury Publishing 1 Dreamscape Media 1 Dreamscape Media, LLC 1 Lizzie 1 Penguin Canada 1 Recorded Books 1

34 audiobooks

Swimming Home

Deborah Levy

June 2, 2026

My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

Deborah Levy

June 2, 2026

The Position of Spoons

Deborah Levy

November 7, 2024

The Position of Spoons

Deborah Levy

October 22, 2024

August Blue

Deborah Levy

June 6, 2023

The Cost of Living

Deborah Levy

October 12, 2021

Real Estate

Deborah Levy

August 20, 2021

Things I Don't Want to Know

Deborah Levy

May 25, 2021

The Man Who Saw Everything

Deborah Levy

October 15, 2019

The Man Who Saw Everything

Deborah Levy

August 29, 2019

The Unloved

Deborah Levy

April 5, 2018

Swallowing Geography

Deborah Levy

April 5, 2018

Beautiful Mutants

Deborah Levy

April 5, 2018

The Cost of Living

Deborah Levy

April 5, 2018

Black Vodka

Deborah Levy

October 27, 2014