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'''Avril M. Joy''' is a British author whose short story "Millie and Bird" won the Costa Short Story Award in the [[2012 Costa Book Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/costa-short-story-award/|title=Costa Short Story Award|publisher=Costa Book Awards|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=21 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621043200/http://www.costa.co.uk/costa-book-awards/costa-short-story-award|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Born in Somerset, Joy graduated with a BA in History of Art from the [[University of East Anglia]] in 1972. A short story writer and poet, her [[debut novel]] ''The Sweet Track'' was published in 2007.
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