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Craig Raine
- Born
- County Durham, England
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction, Libretto, Drama
- Publisher
- Picador
Poet and critic Craig Raine was born on 3 December 1944 in Bishop Auckland, England, and read English at Exeter College, Oxford. He lectured at Exeter College (1971-2), Lincoln College, Oxford, (1974-5), and Christ…
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New: Ross Raisin
- Born
- Silsden, Yorkshire
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (UK)
Ross Raisin was born in Yorkshire in 1979. He studied English at King's College, London and later for an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmith's, University of London. He won a 2009 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year…
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Ravinder Randhawa
- Born
- India
- Genres
- Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
Ravinder Randhawa was born in India and grew up in Warwickshire. In 1984 she founded the Asian Women Writers Collective, which published two major collections: Right of Way (1989), and Flaming Spirit (1994). She is…
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Ian Rankin
- Born
- Fife, Scotland
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Orion
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 dramatised for television…
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New: Frederic Raphael
- Born
- Chicago, US
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
Frederic Raphael was born in 1931 in Chicago and moved to England as a boy. He was educated at Charterhouse School and was a major scholar in Classics at St John's College, Cambridge. He writes in several genres. His…
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Mark Ravenhill
- Born
- Hayward's Heath, England
- Genres
- Drama
- Publisher
- Methuen Publishing Ltd
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, was staged at London's…
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Tom Raworth
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
Tom Raworth was born and grew up in London. During the 1970s he travelled and worked in the USA and Mexico, returning to England in 1977 to be Resident Poet at King's College, Cambridge, in which city he still lives.…
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Piers Paul Read
- Born
- Beaconsfield, England
- Genres
- Drama, Fiction, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Novelist and playwright Piers Paul Read was born in Beaconsfield on 7 March 1941. He was educated at Ampleforth College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read History. He was Artist in Residence at the Ford…
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Peter Reading
- Born
- Liverpool, England
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Poet Peter Reading was born on 27 July 1946 in Liverpool, England. He worked as a school teacher in Liverpool (1967-8) and at Liverpool College of Art where he taught Art History (1968-70). He was Writer in Residence…
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Celia Rees
- Born
- Solihull
- Genres
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc
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 school English teacher for seventeen years, during which…
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Philip Reeve
- Born
- Brighton
- Genres
- Children
- Publisher
- Scholastic Ltd
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 making and theatre. Since 1994, he has earned his…
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Christopher Reid
- Born
- Hong Kong
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Christopher Reid was born in Hong Kong in 1949, educated in England, and studied at Oxford University from 1968-1971. He then worked as a freelance journalist and as book review editor of Crafts magazine. He won an Eric…
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Alastair Reid
- Born
- Galloway, Scotland
- Genres
- Children, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
Alastair Reid is a poet, a prose writer, a translator, and a traveller. Born in Galloway, he served in the Royal Navy in wartime, and afterwards left Scotland to live in a number of different countries and languages.…
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Updated: Ruth Rendell
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Fiction
- Publisher
- Hutchinson Books Ltd
Crime novelist Ruth Rendell was born on 17 February 1930 in London, and educated at Loughton County High School, Essex. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has received many awards for her work,…
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Oliver Reynolds
- Born
- Cardiff, Wales
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
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 Assistant to the Director for Theatre Wales. He…
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Updated: Dan Rhodes
- Born
- Croydon, London
- Genres
- Short Stories, Fiction
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
Dan Rhodes was born in 1972. He studied Humanities at the University of Glamorgan and later returned there for an MA in Writing, which he completed in 1997. He has worked on a fruit and vegetable farm, in the stockroom…
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Updated: Ben Rice
- Born
- Totnes, England
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Ben Rice was born in Devon in 1972. He studied English at the universities of Newcastle and Oxford before undertaking a Creative Writing course at the University of East Anglia. His novella Pobby and Dingan (2000) was…
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Updated: Denise Riley
- Born
- Carlisle
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
Dr Denise Riley was born in 1948 in Carlisle. Until recently she was Professor of English Literature and Director of the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at the University of East Anglia. Her non-fiction books include…
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Gwendoline Riley
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Gwendoline Riley was born in London in 1979, and grew up on the Wirral. She studied English at Manchester Metropolitan University, and became literary editor of the magazine 'City Life'. Her first two novels, Cold…
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Maurice Riordan
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
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 (2000). A Word from the Loki was a Poetry Book Society choice and…
