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Simon Brett was born in Surrey and studied English at Oxford University. He worked as a producer in radio and television for some years, and in 1979 became a full-time...
Raymond Briggs was born in London in 1934, and studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London. His first work was in advertising, but he...
One of South Africa's most distinguished writers, André Brink was born in 1935. Poet, novelist, essayist and teacher, he began work as a University lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch Literature...
Novelist Christopher Brookmyre was born in Glasgow on 6 September 1968 and educated at Glasgow University. He has worked for the film magazine Screen International , and as sub-editor for...
Kevin Brooks was born in 1959, grew up in Devon and now lives in North Yorkshire. He studied psychology and philosophy at Birmingham Aston University, and Cultural Studies in London,...
Poet Alan Brownjohn was born in London on 28 July 1931 and was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He worked as a schoolteacher between 1957 and 1965 and lectured at...
Dame A(ntonia) S(usan) Byatt was born on 24 August 1936 in Yorkshire. She was educated at a Quaker school in York and at Newnham College, Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania,...
Poet and novelist Ciaran Carson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1948. After graduating from Queen's University, Belfast, he worked for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland until 1998....
Jim Cartwright was born in Farnworth, Lancashire in 1958 and educated at Harper Green Secondary Modern School, Farnworth. His plays are consistently performed around the world, where they have won...
Anne Cassidy was born in London in 1952, and worked for some years as a teacher, before becoming a full-time writer. She specializes in crime stories and thrillers for teenagers,...
Aidan Chambers was born in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham, in 1934. In 1953 after undergoing National Service, he trained to become a teacher and worked at Westcliff High School for Boys...
Lauren Child was born in 1967 and grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. She studied Art at Manchester Polytechnic and London Art School, after which she worked in a variety of...
Playwright Caryl Churchill was born on 3 September 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where...
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1965, poet Kate Clanchy was educated in Edinburgh and Oxford. She lived in London's East End for several years, before moving to Oxford where she...
Richard Collins lives near Aberystwyth and has worked as a farm labourer, gardener and estate worker. He teaches at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Llanbadarn. His first novel, The...
Stewart Conn was born in Glasgow and grew up in Ayrshire. After studying at the University of Glasgow, he joined BBC Scotland, eventually becoming Senior Radio Drama Producer, a position...
Julia Copus is a poet and radio dramatist. She was born in London in 1969, and studied Latin at Durham University, winning an Eric Gregory Award for her poetry in...
Charlotte Cory was born in 1956 in Bristol, England. She read English at the University of Bristol and studied for a D.Phil. in Medieval English at the University of York....
Novelist Jim Crace was born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1946 and was brought up in north London. He read English Literature as an external student at London University and worked...
Poet, novelist and playwright Fred D'Aguiar was born in London in 1960 to Guyanese parents. He lived in Guyana until he was 12, returning to England in 1972. He trained...
Toni Davidson was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1965. He is the editor of two anthologies of short stories, And Thus Will I Freely Sing: An Anthology of Lesbian and...
Peter Ho Davies was born in 1966 to Welsh and Chinese parents. He has degrees in Physics and English, and was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University....
Jill Dawson was born in Durham and grew up in Staffordshire, Essex and Yorkshire. She read American Studies at the University of Nottingham, then took a series of short-term jobs...
Born in 1955, Joolz Denby is a writer, poet, spoken-word performer, illustrative and fine artist, curator, photographer and tattooist. Her poetry collections include The Pride of Lions (1994), Errors of...
Writer and broadcaster Ferdinand Dennis was born in 1956 in Jamaica. He read sociology at Leicester University and studied for a Masters degree at Birkbeck College, London University. A former...
Des Dillon was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1960, and read English at Strathclyde University. A former teacher, he now writes for television, stage and radio and has taught...
Jenny Diski was born in London in 1947. She was educated at University College, London, and worked as a teacher during the 1970s and early 1980s. She is a regular...
Elyse Dodgson has been working in the theatre for over thirty years and is Head of the International Department and International Director at the Royal Court Theatre in London, where...
Award-winning poet, author and playwright Chris Dolan was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His first play, The Veil, premiered at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1991. His other plays include...
Louise Doughty is the author of five novels and five plays for radio. Her first novel, Crazy Paving , a black comedy based on her experiences wroking in London, was...
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