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Keith Ovenden (born 1943[1]) is an English novelist and biographer.[2][3][4]

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Ovenden was born and raised in London; he was educated at Wanstead County High School. He went on to study for degrees at the University of Keele (United Kingdom), University of Michigan (United States) and the University of Oxford.[5]

Keith Ovenden started his career lecturing at the University of Essex in the Department of Government. Since then he has lived abroad in New Zealand, France, and the United States, writing books.[5] He is currently^[when?] based in Wellington, New Zealand.^{[citation needed]}

Ovenden is married to Helen Sutch, daughter of William Ball Sutch and Shirley Smith.^{[citation needed]}

Books

Academic

• Apartheid and International Finance: A Programme for Change, Penguin, 1989. (With Tony Cole.)

Novels

• Ratatui, 1984.
• O.E., 1986.
• The Greatest Sorrow, Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-241-13977-5. (Set in Oxford.)
• Quick Bright Things, Hamish Hamilton, 2000. ISBN 0-241-14087-0

Biography

• A Fighting Withdrawal: The Life of Dan Davin – Writer, Soldier, Publisher, Oxford University Press (1996).[6] ISBN 978-0192123350
• Bill & Shirley: A memoir, Massey University Press (2020).[7][8] ISBN 978-0-9951318-3-5

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