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Levi Tafari
- Born
- Liverpool
- Genres
- Poetry, Drama
- Publisher
- Headland Publications
Levi Tafari was born in Liverpool. He is the author of three poetry collections: Duboetry (1987), Liverpool Experience (1989) and Rhyme Don't Pay (1998). His new collection, From the Page to the Stage, is forthcoming.…
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Updated: D. J. Taylor
- Born
- Liverpool
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
D.J. Taylor was born in 1960,studied at St John's College, Oxford and is a writer and critic. His collection of short stories, After Bathing at Baxter's was published in 1997 and he is the author of several novels,…
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G. P. Taylor
- Born
- Scarborough
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
G. P. Taylor was born and grew up in Scarborough, Yorkshire, moving to London as a teenager. He worked in the London record industry as promoter for CBS Records, returning north aged 22, where he joined the Yorkshire…
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Joelle Taylor
- Born
- Lancashire
- Genres
- Drama, Fiction, Poetry
- Publisher
Joelle Taylor is a published poet, award winning playwright and spoken word artist. She has toured solo and as a member of Atomic Lip, and leads workshops in a variety of venues. She also writes performance…
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Roma Tearne
- Born
- Sri Lanka
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
Roma Tearne is a painter, installation artist, film maker and writer. She left Sri Lanka aged ten years, and has since lived in Britain. She studied for an MA at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and…
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Updated: Adam Thirlwell
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Adam Thirlwell was born in 1978 and grew up in North London. He read English at New College, Oxford, and was then a prize fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 2000 to 2007. His first novel, Politics, was…
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Ifor Thomas
- Born
- Wales
- Genres
- Fiction, Poetry
- Publisher
- Parthian
Ifor Thomas was born in Haverfordwest in 1949. He received the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry in 1992, and is the author of three main collections of poetry: Bogwiser (1991); Unsafe Sex (1999); and Body Beautiful…
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Alice Thompson
- Born
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Two Ravens Press Ltd.
Alice Thompson grew up in Edinburgh and read English at Oxford University. She played keyboard with the band, The Woodentops, and is the author of several novels, including: Justine (1996), winner of the James Tait…
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Kate Thompson
- Born
- Halifax
- Genres
- Children, Fiction
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
Kate Thompson was born in Halifax and grew up in Leamington Spa and Worcester. She has lived in Ireland since 1981. She spent some years working with racehorses in England and the US, also travelling to India during…
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Matt Thorne
- Born
- Bristol
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama,
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Matt Thorne was born in 1974, and grew up in Bristol. He studied at Cambridge University and is the author of 6 novels: Tourist (1998), set in Weston-super-Mare; Eight Minutes Idle (1999), written from his experiences…
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Updated: Adam Thorpe
- Born
- Paris, France
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Poet, playwright and novelist Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956 and grew up in India, Cameroon and England. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1979, he started a theatre company and toured villages…
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Colin Thubron
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Fiction, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg Ltd
Award-winning travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron was born in London on 14 June 1939. Educated at Eton College, he worked briefly for the publishers Hutchinson and as a freelance television film-maker in Turkey,…
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Anthony Thwaite
- Born
- Chester, England
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press
Poet Anthony Thwaite was born in Chester, England, in 1930. He spent his early childhood in Yorkshire but was evacuated to the United States during the Second World War. After two years national service he read English…
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Updated: Colm Tóibín
- Born
- Wexford, Ireland
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Picador
Irish novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in Ireland in 1955 and was educated at University College Dublin where he read History and English. After graduating, he lived and…
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Steve Toltz
- Born
- Australia
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Steve Toltz was born in Sydney, Australia, and has since lived in Canada, Spain and Paris. He studied at Newcastle University, and is a screenwriter and freelance writer. His debut novel, A Fraction of the Whole…
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Updated: Claire Tomalin
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Viking
Biographer Claire Tomalin was born in London in 1933. After graduating from Newnham College, Cambridge, she worked in publishing for Heinemann, Hutchinson and Cape before switching to journalism, becoming literary…
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Charles Tomlinson
- Born
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Genres
- Young Adult, Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
Charles Tomlinson was born in 1927 in Stoke on Trent and studied English at Cambridge University. He became an elementary school teacher, was a secretary in Italy, and then taught at Bristol University, becoming…
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Sue Townsend
- Born
- Leicester
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946 and left school at 15 years of age. She worked in a variety of jobs including factory worker and shop assistant, joining a writers' group at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester in…
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Barbara Trapido
- Born
- South Africa
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Barbara Trapido was born in 1941 in Capetown, South Africa. She studied at the University of Natal, gaining a BA in 1963, then moved to London. She taught at a school in Hackney and a remand centre in Durham, before…
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Jeremy Treglown
- Born
- Anglesey, North Wales
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
Jeremy Treglown is Professor of English at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was the editor of the Times Literary Supplement during the 1980s and is the author of several…
