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Ian Jack
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Granta Publications
Ian Jack became the editor of Granta magazine in 1995, and remained in the post until 2007. Previously, he edited the Independent on Sunday, which he also co-founded. Most of his career has been spent in journalism…
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Updated: Howard Jacobson
- Born
- Manchester, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc, Jonathan Cape Ltd
Born in Manchester, England in 1942, novelist and broadcaster Howard Jacobson was educated at Cambridge University.He lectured at the University of Sydney for three years before returning to England where he taught…
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Dan Jacobson
- Born
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Young Adult
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Professor Dan Jacobson was born on 7 March 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was educated at Kimberley Boys' High School and the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. After the publication of his first two…
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P. D. James
- Born
- Oxford, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Crime novelist P. D. James was born in Oxford on 3 August 1920, the eldest daughter of an Inland Revenue Official. The family moved to Cambridge when she was 11, where she attended the Cambridge High School for Girls.…
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Updated: Kathleen Jamie
- Born
- Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Picador
Kathleen Jamie was born in Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1962. She studied philosophy at Edinburgh University. She has published several collections of poetry, including: Black Spiders (1982) The Way We Live (1987), …
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Oliver Jeffers
- Born
- Western Australia
- Genres
- Graphic novels / Illustration, Children
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
Oliver Jeffers was born in Western Australia in 1977, and brought up in Belfast. He is an artist who began by exhibiting his work at several small exhibitions in Belfast from 1995-1998, before beginning to illustrate…
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Stephen Jeffreys
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Drama
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books Ltd
Stephen Jeffreys was born in London. His play, Like Dolls or Angels (1977), won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award at the National Student Drama Festival. He helped to set up Pocket Theatre Cumbria, for whom he wrote a…
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Alan Jenkins
- Born
- Surrey
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
Alan Jenkins was born in Surrey in 1955 and brought up in London. He studied at the University of Sussex and has worked for the Times Literary Supplement since 1981, as poetry and fiction editor, then deputy editor. He…
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Catherine Johnson
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Children, Drama,
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
Catherine Johnson is a novelist and screenwriter who lives in London. She was born in 1962 and studied film at St Martin’s School of Art. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including A…
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Jennifer Johnston
- Born
- Dublin
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Review
Born in Dublin in 1930, Jennifer Johnston's first published novel was The Captains and the Kings (1972). Since then, she has published many more novels, including Shadows on our Skin (1977), which was shortlisted for…
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Kathleen Jones
- Born
- Cumbria
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Poetry
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
Biographer and poet Kathleen Jones grew up in the Lake District. She graduated from Bristol University and subsequently lived in Africa and the Middle East. She has worked as a freelance journalist and a women's studies…
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Updated: Susanna Jones
- Born
- Yorkshire
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Picador
Susanna Jones was born in 1967 and grew up in Yorkshire. She studied drama at London University where she became interested in Japanese culture after studying Japanese Noh theatre. This led to her living and working in…
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Lloyd Jones
- Born
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Genres
- Short Stories, Fiction, Children
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (UK)
Lloyd Jones was born in 1955 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, a place which has become a frequent setting and subject for his subsequent works of fiction. He studied at Victoria University, and has worked as a journalist…
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New: Anjali Joseph
- Born
- Bombay
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate, HarperCollins India
Anjali Joseph was born in Bombay in 1978. Her family moved to England in 1985 and she later studied English at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has taught English at the Sorbonne, and been a journalist in Bombay. Her…
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Anthony Joseph
- Born
- Trinidad
- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing Ltd
Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born poet, musician and lecturer. In 2004, he was chosen by Decibel and the Arts Council of England as one of 50 writers who have influenced the Black-British writing canon over the past…
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New: Alan Judd
- Born
- United Kingdom
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Hutchinson Books Ltd, Simon & Schuster, Faber and Faber Ltd, HarperCollins Publishers
Alan Judd (real name Alan Edwin Petty) was born in the UK in 1946. A graduate of Oxford University, he served as an officer in the British Army in Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles', before later joining the Foreign…
