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Lionel Shriver

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Maria Magenta

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I've just read her Should We Stay or Should We Go? which has a character, a doctor living in London but originally from Birmingham, who addresses his wife as bab. As Lionel Shriver (I don't know why she has a male name) is an American who lives in Brooklyn and London, I wonder how she got to know about this term!
 
Born Margaret Ann Sriver. Changed name to Lionel as she was a tomboy and wanted a more masculine name (According to her Wikipedia entry).
Didn't see any links to the area
 
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