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Clare Morrall was born in 1952 and grew up in Exeter. She moved to Birmingham to study music and still lives there, working in the Blue Coat school as a...
Ewan Morrison made his debut as an author with the collection of short stories, The Last Book You Read and Other Stories, in 2005. His first novel, Swung , was...
Graham Mort was born in Lancashire and gained a degree in English from the University of Liverpool. He worked as a mill labourer, dairy operative and psychiatric nurse before training...
Professor Andrew Motion was born in London on 26 October 1952, and read English at University College, Oxford. He taught English at the University of Hull (1976-81) where he met...
Paul Muldoon was born in Portadown, County Armagh, in 1951. He read English at Queen's University, Belfast, where he was taught by Seamus Heaney. His first collection of poems, New...
Meja Mwangi was born in Nanyuki, Kenya, in 1948. He was educated at Nanyuki Secondary School, Kenyatta College, and, much later, at Leeds University, leaving without graduating. He worked for...
The novelist Julie Myerson was born in Nottingham in 1960. She read English at Bristol University and has worked for the National Theatre and in publishing. She also works as...
Daljit Nagra was born and brought up in West London and Sheffield. He lives in London, and works as a secondary school English teacher. In 2003, he won the Smith/Doorstop...
Courttia Newland was born in 1973 to parents of Caribbean heritage. In 1997, he published his first novel, The Scholar . Further critically acclaimed work followed, including Society Within (1999)...
Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1950 and grew up in a small country village on the Guyanese coast. She moved to the city with her family when...
Poet Sean O'Brien was born in London, England, on 19 December 1952 and grew up in Hull. He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and studied as a postgraduate at...
Born in Northern Ireland in 1972, Maggie O'Farrell grew up in Wales and Scotland. She has worked as a waitress, chambermaid, cycle courier, teacher, arts administrator and, most recently, as...
Playwright, novelist and journalist Louise Page was born in London, in 1955. She was educated at the University of Birmingham, where she studied Drama and Theatre Arts. In 1979 she...
Writer, poet and playwright Janet Paisley writes for stage, television, radio and screen. She was a member of the Working Party for a Scottish National Theatre, the SAC Scots Language...
Tim Parks was born in Manchester, England in 1954, spent his adolescence in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities. In 1981 he and his Italian wife moved to...
Caryl Phillips was born on 13 March 1958 on the Caribbean island of St Kitts. He grew up in Leeds, England, and read English at Queen's College, Oxford. He is...
Playwright Harold Pinter was born in Hackney, London, on 10 October 1930. He was educated at Hackney Downs Grammar School and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and...
Sadie Plant was born in 1964 in Birmingham. She read Philosophy at Manchester University, lectured at the University of Birmingham and was Research Fellow and Director of the Cybernetic Culture...
Stephen Poliakoff is an acclaimed playwright, director and scriptwriter. Born in London in 1952, he first concentrated on play scripts, with plays such as Hitting Town (1989), Strawberry Fields (1989),...
Poet Peter Porter was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1929. He moved to London in 1951 and worked in bookselling and advertising before becoming a freelance writer and broadcaster in...
Alex Preston was born in 1979 and studied English at Oxford University. He writes regularly for The New Statesman . His first novel, The Bleeding City , was published in...
Playwright Rebecca Prichard was born in 1971. She studied drama at Exeter University, graduating in 1993, working as a devisor/performer and a drama youth worker. Her first play Essex Girls...
Kate Pullinger was born in British Columbia and educated on Vancouver Island. She moved to England where she has worked as a lecturer and writer in residence at a variety...
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich in 1946, and travelled all over the world during his childhood, settling in North Wales at the age of 11. He studied at Oxford...
Ian Rankin is the UK's number one best-selling crime writer. He lives in Edinburgh, and writes about the city in his award-winning 'Inspector Rebus' novels. The books have twice been...
Playwright Mark Ravenhill was educated at Bristol University where he studied English and Drama, and worked for the Soho Poly in London. His first piece, a ten-minute dialogue called Fist...
Celia Rees was born in 1949 and grew up in Solihull, England. She took a degree in History and Politics at the University of Warwick and worked as a secondary...
Philip Reeve was born and brought up in Brighton, and has since lived in Devon and Dartmoor. He worked for many years in a bookshop, while involved with amateur film...
Oliver Reynolds was born in 1957 in Cardiff, Wales. He was educated at the University of Hull, where he studied Drama. After graduating he returned to Wales and worked as...
Maurice Riordan was born in Lisgoold, County Cork, in 1953, and is a teacher, poet and editor. He is the author of A Word from the Loki (1995) and Floods...
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