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Malcolm Bradbury
- Born
- Sheffield, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Picador
Academic, novelist, screenwriter and playwright Malcolm Bradbury was born in Sheffield on 7 September 1932 and educated at West Bridgford Grammar School in Nottingham, the University of Leicester and Queen Mary's…
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Melvyn Bragg
- Born
- Wigton, Cumberland
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Sceptre
Broadcaster, writer and novelist Melvyn Bragg was born on 6 October, 1939 in Wigton, Cumbria, in the north of England. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, where he read Modern History and began his broadcasting…
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Jean Binta Breeze
- Born
- Jamaica
- Genres
- Poetry, Drama
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Jean 'Binta' Breeze was born in Jamaica in 1957. She studied at the Jamaican School of Drama with Michael Smith and Oku Onuora. A 'dub' poet, she began to write poetry in the 1970s, performing and recording first in…
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Chaz Brenchley
- Born
- Oxford
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
Chaz Brenchley was born in 1959 in Oxford. In his early twenties, he wrote for a variety of teenage and women's magazines before writing his first novel, The Samaritan (1988). Since then he has written many more novels…
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Updated: Theresa Breslin
- Born
- Scotland
- Genres
- Young Adult, Children
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books, Oxford University Press
Theresa Breslin is the critically acclaimed author of over 30 books whose work has been filmed for television and dramatised on radio. Her prizewinning books are in translation in a number of languages. She writes…
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Simon Brett
- Born
- Scotland
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan Ltd
Simon Brett was born in Surrey and studied English at Oxford University. He worked as a producer in radio and television for some years, and in 1979 became a full-time writer. His first published work was a…
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Raymond Briggs
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Graphic novels / Illustration, Children
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Raymond Briggs was born in London in 1934, and studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London. His first work was in advertising, but he soon began to win acclaim as a children's book…
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André Brink
- Born
- Vrede, South Africa
- Genres
- Young Adult, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg Ltd
One of South Africa's most distinguished writers, André Brink was born in 1935. Poet, novelist, essayist and teacher, he began work as a University lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch Literature in the 1960s. He began…
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Updated: Christopher Brookmyre
- Born
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
Novelist Christopher Brookmyre was born in Glasgow on 6 September 1968 and educated at Glasgow University. He has worked for the film magazine Screen International, and as sub-editor for The Scotsman and the Edinburgh…
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Anita Brookner
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Viking
Novelist and art historian, Dr Anita Brookner, was born in London on 16 July 1928. She studied at King's College, London and at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She spent three years studying in Paris as a…
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Updated: Kevin Brooks
- Born
- Exeter
- Genres
- Young Adult
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (UK), Random House Children's Books
Kevin Brooks was born in 1959, grew up in Devon and now lives in North Yorkshire. He studied psychology and philosophy at Birmingham Aston University, and Cultural Studies in London, and had a variety of jobs before…
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Anthony Browne
- Born
- Sheffield, Yorks
- Genres
- Graphic novels / Illustration, Children
- Publisher
- Doubleday (UK), Walker Books Ltd
Anthony Browne is a children's author/illustrator and lives in Kent. He was born in Sheffield in 1946, and grew up in Yorkshire. He studied graphic design at Leeds College of Art and first worked as an illustrator for…
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Alan Brownjohn
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Young Adult, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Children
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press
Poet Alan Brownjohn was born in London on 28 July 1931 and was educated at Merton College, Oxford. He worked as a schoolteacher between 1957 and 1965 and lectured at Battersea College of Education and South Bank…
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Updated: Melvin Burgess
- Born
- London, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Drama, Children
- Publisher
- Andersen Press Ltd, Penguin Group (UK)
Writer of acclaimed and often controversial children's fiction, Melvin Burgess was born on 25 April 1954 in Twickenham, Middlesex. He grew up in Ilfield, near Crawley in Sussex, and moved to Reading, Berkshire at the…
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Updated: John Burningham
- Born
- Surrey
- Genres
- Graphic novels / Illustration, Children
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
John Burningham was born in 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, and attended the alternative school, Summerhill. In 1954 he spent two years travelling through Italy, Yugoslavia and Israel, working at a variety of jobs. From…
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Updated: John Burnside
- Born
- Dunfermline, Scotland
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Fiction
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Poet and novelist John Burnside was born on 19 March 1955 in Dunfermline, Scotland, and now lives in Fife. He studied English and European Languages at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. A former computer…
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Ron Butlin
- Born
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Genres
- Short Stories, Poetry, Libretto, Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail
Ron Butlin was born in 1949 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He was Writer in Residence at the University of Edinburgh (1982 and 1985), the Midlothian region (1989-90) and the…
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Updated: A. S. Byatt
- Born
- Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
Dame A(ntonia) S(usan) Byatt was born on 24 August 1936 in Yorkshire. She was educated at a Quaker school in York and at Newnham College, Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, and Somerville College, Oxford,…
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New: Lucy Caldwell
- Born
- Belfast, N Ireland
- Genres
- Fiction, Drama
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Lucy Caldwell was born in Belfast in 1981. She studied English at Queen's College, Cambridge, and for an MA in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmith's, University of London. She is the author of 2 novels: Where They…
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Updated: Peter Carey
- Born
- Australia
- Genres
- Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Children
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia, in 1943. He studied Science at Monash University, and wrote advertising copy to support himself during the early part of his literary career. Australian…
