Anna Blundy
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Anna Blundy is a British
author
and journalist
, educated at City of London School for Girls
and Westminster School
. Every Time We Say Goodbye, her memoir of her father, the foreign correspondent David Blundy
(21 March 1945 – 11 November 1989), was published in 1998. Her series of novels about her female war correspondent heroine, Faith Zanetti, started with The Bad News Bible in 2004. The second in a series, Faith Without Doubt, was published in September 2005. The third in the series, Neat Vodka was published in September 2006 by Little Brown.
Anna Blundy studied Russian
at Oxford University
and is a columnist and former Moscow Bureau Chief for the London Times
during the 1998-9 financial crisis. She has appeared since 2006 on BBC Television's Newsnight Review.
United Kingdom
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author
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and journalist
Journalist
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, educated at City of London School for Girls
City of London School for Girls
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and Westminster School
Westminster School
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. Every Time We Say Goodbye, her memoir of her father, the foreign correspondent David Blundy
David Blundy
David Blundy , was a British journalist and war correspondent. Son of an antiques dealer who had a shop at the Elephant and Castle, he was educated at the City of London School and Bristol University...
(21 March 1945 – 11 November 1989), was published in 1998. Her series of novels about her female war correspondent heroine, Faith Zanetti, started with The Bad News Bible in 2004. The second in a series, Faith Without Doubt, was published in September 2005. The third in the series, Neat Vodka was published in September 2006 by Little Brown.
Anna Blundy studied Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
at Oxford University
University of Oxford
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and is a columnist and former Moscow Bureau Chief for the London Times
Times
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during the 1998-9 financial crisis. She has appeared since 2006 on BBC Television's Newsnight Review.