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Philip MacCann
- Born
- Manchester, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Philip MacCann was born in Manchester, England in 1966. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury. He was British…
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Sharman Macdonald
- Born
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Genres
- Drama, Fiction, Libretto
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Playwright and novelist Sharman Macdonald was born in Glasgow in 1951. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, she graduated in 1972 and moved to London where she acted with the 7:84 theatre company and at the Royal…
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Robert Macfarlane
- Born
- Oxford
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Granta Publications
Robert Macfarlane was born in Oxford in 1976 and is a travel writer, nature writer and critic. He studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and is currently a Fellow in…
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Shena Mackay
- Born
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Genres
- Fiction, Short Stories
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1944. She left school at the age of 16 after winning a poetry competition in the Daily Mirror. Her first book, published in 1964 but written when she was still a teenager, consists…
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Updated: Lachlan Mackinnon
- Born
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Lachlan Mackinnon was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1956 and educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. He teaches English at Winchester College and reviews regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and in…
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New: Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- Born
- Bristol, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- John Murray, Picador
Tim Mackintosh-Smith is an Arabist, traveller, writer and lecturer. He studied at Oxford University and lives in San'a, the Yemeni capital. He is one of the foremost scholars of 14th-century Moroccan traveller, Ibn…
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Bernard MacLaverty
- Born
- Belfast
- Genres
- Short Stories, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast in 1942, and moved to Scotland in 1975, where he lived in Edinburgh, on the Isle of Islay, and now in Glasgow. After leaving school he became a Medical Laboratory Technician,…
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Rory MacLean
- Born
- Vancouver
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Viking, I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
Rory MacLean was born and educated in Canada. As a child he made a cardboard-and-crayon world atlas, slipping imaginary lands between the countries he knew. For ten years he made movies with David…
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Aonghas Macneacail
- Born
- Isle of Skye
- Genres
- Poetry, Libretto, Drama
- Publisher
- Polygon
Aonghas Macneacail was born in 1942 on the Isle of Skye, and attended Glasgow University from 1968-1971. He has published several collections of poems, mostly in Gaelic with parallel English translations, including An…
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Updated: Sarah Maguire
- Born
- West London
- Genres
- Young Adult, Poetry
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, Poetry Translation Centre
The poet and translator Sarah Maguire was born in West London in 1957. After leaving school early, she trained as a gardener before attending university and then becoming a full-time poet and broadcaster. She is a…
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Sara Maitland
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Fiction, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
Sara Maitland is a novelist and short story writer. Born in 1950, she grew up in Galloway, studied at Oxford University and currently tutors on the Distance Learning MA in creative writing for Lancaster University…
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Updated: David Malouf
- Born
- Queensland, Australia
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Libretto, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
David Malouf was born in Queensland, Australia, in 1934 to a Lebanese-Christian father and English-Jewish mother. He graduated from the University of Queensland in 1955.He lectured for a short period before moving to…
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Jessica Mann
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Fiction, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
Crime-writer Jessica Mann was born in London, England in 1937. She studied archaeology at Cambridge University and Law at Leicester University. Her book, Funeral Sites (1981), is the first in a series of six…
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Aoife Mannix
- Born
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- the tall-lighthouse
Aoife Mannix is the author of four collections of poetry: The Trick of Foreign Words (2002); The Elephant in the Corner (2005); Growing Up An Alien (2007) and Turn The Clocks Upside Down (2008). She is a well-known…
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Updated: Hilary Mantel
- Born
- Glossop, Derbyshire
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
Hilary Mantel was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, England on 6 July 1952. She studied Law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University. She was employed as a social worker, and lived in Botswana for five…
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Sarfraz Manzoor
- Born
- Pakistan
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Sarfraz Manzoor is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. He was born near Faisalabad in 1971 and left Pakistan for Britain when he was two years old. He grew up in Luton. His acclaimed memoir, Greetings from Bury Park…
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Jack Mapanje
- Born
- Pakistan
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Malawian poet Jack Mapanje taught in Malawi Secondary Schools before he joined the Department of English at Chancellor College, University of Malawi, in 1975, first as a lecturer, then as Head of the Department of…
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Patrick Marber
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Drama
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Writer (and occasional director and actor) Patrick Marber was born in London in 1964. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford.He worked as a stand-up comedian for a number of years and then co-wrote and appeared in…
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New: Benjamin Markovits
- Born
- California, United States of America
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. He studied literature at Yale, and left an unpromising career as a professional basketball player to study the Romantics at Oxford. Since then he has taught high…
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Updated: Adam Mars-Jones
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd, Chatto & Windus
Writer and critic Adam Mars-Jones was born in London in 1954. Educated at Westminster School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he studied and then taught Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. He was film critic…
