Gaynor Arnold
# Gaynor Arnold

Gaynor Arnold (born 1944) is a Welsh-born author. Born in Cardiff, she studied English Literature at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, and obtained a Diploma in Social and Administrative Studies from the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford.

## Background

Since the early 1970s, Arnold has lived in Edgbaston in Birmingham, working as a social worker for Birmingham City Council. She became a full-time writer in 2009.

## Recognitions

Her debut novel Girl in a Blue Dress was published by Birmingham's Tindal Street Press in 2008, being longlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction.

