Writers Directory

This database was created to provide a snapshot of contemporary British Literature, offering unique critical perspectives of the work of some of the writers living and working in the UK today. Our website is currently under review and as a result we are not updating the database or adding new entries at this time.  Please check our blog pages for updates on our current Literature programmes. 

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Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, in 1960 and since 1992 has lived in the United States, curren...

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Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight in 1962, where his father was prison governor at Camp Hil...

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Janice Galloway’s first novel, The Trick is to Keep Breathing (1989), now widely regarded as a Scott...

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Novelist Jane Gardam was born Jean Mary Pearson in Coatham, North Yorkshire on 11 July 1928. She was...

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Sally Gardner is a multi-award-winning novelist whose work has been translated into more than twenty...

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Alex Garland was born in 1970 in London, and studied Art History at the University of Manchester. On...

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Jamila Gavin

Jamila Gavin was born in Mussoorie, India. She moved to England when she was 12 years old, and later...

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Carlo Gébler was born in Dublin in 1954 and brought up in London. He studied English at the Universi...

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Novelist Maggie Gee was born in Poole, Dorset, and educated at state schools and Somerville College,...

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Kadija George is a literary activist, editor and publisher. Of Sierra Leonean descent, she read West...

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Alan Gibbons was born in 1953 in Warrington, Cheshire, later moving with his family to Crewe. He was...

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Gibbons is a graphic novels writer and illustrator, born in London in 1949. He broke into British co...

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Valerie Gillies is the author of several poetry collections, including The Ringing Rock (1995), The ...

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Chrissie Gittins’ first poetry collection is Armature (Arc, 2003) – ‘Gittins’s deadpan tone and skew...

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Novelist Lesley Glaister was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England in 1956. She grew up ...

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Victoria Glendinning

Biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist Victoria Glendinning was born in Sheffield, England on ...

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John Godber was born in West Yorkshire in 1956. He is known mainly for his work in theatre but has a...

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Julia Golding was born in 1969 and grew up near Epping Forest. She studied English at Cambridge Univ...

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Poet Rebecca Goss grew up in Suffolk and returned to live in the county in 2013. She lived in Liverp...

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Dave Goulson is a British biologist, conservationist, and Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour...

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