Given this paragraph, who wrote "August?"
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### Instruction:
Given this paragraph, who wrote "August?"

### Input:
August (2001), is the first novel by author Gerard Woodward. It was shortlisted for Whitbread Book Award (2001).

### Response:

August (2001), is the first novel by author Gerard Woodward. It was shortlisted for Whitbread Book Award (2001).
Gerard Woodward