Zoe Venditozzi

Zoe Venditozzi (born 1975) is a novelist and writer living and working in Scotland. Venditozzi was born in Lancashire[1] and grew up in a small village in North East Fife and studied at University of Glasgow,[2] She won the Guardian newspaper’s Not the Booker popular prize in 2013 for her first novel 'Anywhere's Better Than Here'.[3][4] She leads the Witches of Scotland campaign with Claire Mitchell QC,[5][6] teaches creative writing workshops[7] and is a teacher of Support for Learning. Despite growing up in Fife Venditozzi admits that she knew very little of the history of witches in the area before launching the campaign.[8] Scotland , and Fife in particular were prone to witch hunts. Historians at University of Edinburgh have created a database survey of Scottish Witchcraft to record the men, women and their trials.

Zoe Venditozzi
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Known forCampaign for posthumous pardons for witches of Scotland

References
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  2. "Zoe Venditozzi". Books from Scotland. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. Venditozzi, Zöe. (2012). Anywhere's better than here. Dingwall: Sandstone. ISBN 978-1-908737-06-9. OCLC 794296883.
  4. "Not the Booker prize 2013: Anywhere's Better Than Here by Zoe Venditozzi". The Guardian. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. "Witch apology would 'send powerful signal'". BBC News. 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. Alex, Michael; er. "'Accused, tortured, strangled and burned': Top Dundee-based lawyer fighting for victims of Scotland's witch mania". The Courier. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. "Scottish Writer Zoe Venditozzi: Writing Improves Mental Health". Kaunas University of Technology. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. AFP, French Press Agency- (2022-02-16). "Some fight for Scotland's witches, forgotten witchcraft victims". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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