Geraldine Bedell is a British novelist. She is a writer for The Observer. She is married to Charles Leadbeater and sister of Elaine Bedell. She drew wide public attention when she was disinvited from a planned appearance at the first International Festival of Literature in Dubai, scheduled to begin on February 26, 2009, when her novel The Gulf Between Us was discovered by festival organizers to feature a homosexual sheikh.

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  • Geraldine Bedell is a British novelist. She is a writer for The Observer. She is married to Charles Leadbeater and sister of Elaine Bedell. She drew wide public attention when she was disinvited from a planned appearance at the first International Festival of Literature in Dubai, scheduled to begin on February 26, 2009, when her novel The Gulf Between Us was discovered by festival organizers to feature a homosexual sheikh. Margaret Atwood cancelled her scheduled appearance at the book festival in protest.
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  • Geraldine Bedell is a British novelist. She is a writer for The Observer. She is married to Charles Leadbeater and sister of Elaine Bedell. She drew wide public attention when she was disinvited from a planned appearance at the first International Festival of Literature in Dubai, scheduled to begin on February 26, 2009, when her novel The Gulf Between Us was discovered by festival organizers to feature a homosexual sheikh.
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