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Zizou Corder is the joint pseudonym of mother-and-daughter co-authors Louisa Young and Isabel
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She co-authored five books for children with her daughter, the actor Isabel
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Young's work has been nominated and shortlisted for prizes that include the
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234:(Borough Press, 2018), an account of her relationship with the composer
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Louisa Young was born in London, England, to the politician and writer
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