Contemporary Writers in the UK

This unique, searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs. Searchable by author, genre, nationality, gender, publisher, book title, date of publication and prize name and date. The site also includes writers from the Republic of Ireland that the British Council has worked with. The views expressed are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent those of the British Council.

We hope that you find this site easy to use. The site editor is Cathy Grindrod. If you would like to update details about an author or have any comments about the site then please contact the site manager Juliet Wragge-Morley, British Council Literature Department, juliet.wragge-morley@britishcouncil.org.

You can browse the index of authors or use the search box on the authors page to search for writers by various criteria.

Produced by the Literature Department of the British Council.

We are not able to give out contact details for the writers on the site due to the Data Protection Act. If you want to get in touch with any of them

please contact their publisher.

The British Council is not responsible for the contents of any external sites listed.