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Jonathan Coe
- Born
- Birmingham, England
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Viking
Novelist Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and completed a Ph.D. on Henry Fielding's Tom Jones at Warwick University. He taught English Poetry at Warwick,…
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Updated: J. M. Coetzee
- Born
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg Ltd
Professor J.M. Coetzee was born in South Africa in 1940. He studied at the University of Cape Town and the University of Texas, after which he taught at the State University of New York in Buffalo. He returned home to…
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Updated: Eoin Colfer
- Born
- Wexford
- Genres
- Children
- Publisher
- Penguin Group (UK)
Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, on the south east coast of Ireland, in 1965. He studied in Dublin, returning to Wexford to teach primary school children. He spent four years in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy, and…
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Richard Collins
- Born
- Surrey
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Seren Books
Richard Collins lives near Aberystwyth and has worked as a farm labourer, gardener and estate worker. He teaches at the Institute of Rural Sciences in Llanbadarn. His first novel, The Land as Viewed from the Sea…
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New: B. R. Collins
- Born
- Kent, England
- Genres
- Young Adult
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing plc
B. R. Collins was born in 1981 and lives in Kent. She studied English at Kings College, Cambridge, then trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She was twice winner of the Young National…
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Stewart Conn
- Born
- Glasgow
- Genres
- Drama, Poetry
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Stewart Conn was born in Glasgow and grew up in Ayrshire. After studying at the University of Glasgow, he joined BBC Scotland, eventually becoming Senior Radio Drama Producer, a position he held until…
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Updated: David J. Constantine
- Born
- Salford, Lancashire, England
- Genres
- Young Adult, Short Stories, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Freelance writer, poet and translator, David Constantine was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1944. He is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford. His poetry books include Watching for Dolphins (1983), winner of the Alice…
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Dominic Cooke
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Drama
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books Ltd
Dominic Cooke was born in 1966. He is currently Associate Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where his productions have included The Malcontent and Cymbeline. Prior to that, he was Associate Director at the…
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Updated: Sophie Cooke
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Random House Group Ltd
Sophie Cooke was born in 1976 and grew up in Stirlingshire. She studied Social Anthopology at the University of Edinburgh. In 2000, she was runner-up in the MacAllan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Competition. She is…
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Updated: Wendy Cope
- Born
- Erith, England
- Genres
- Poetry, Children
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Poet Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent in 1945 and read History at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She trained as a teacher at Westminster College of Education, Oxford, and taught in primary schools in London (1967-81 and…
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Updated: Julia Copus
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Poetry, Drama
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd, Faber and Faber Ltd
Julia Copus is a poet and radio dramatist. She was born in London in 1969, and studied Latin at Durham University, winning an Eric Gregory Award for her poetry in 1994. In the same year a pamphlet, Walking in the…
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Charlotte Cory
- Born
- Bristol, England
- Genres
- Drama, Fiction
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
Charlotte Cory was born in 1956 in Bristol, England. She read English at the University of Bristol and studied for a D.Phil. in Medieval English at the University of York. She is the author of three novels, The…
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Updated: Andrew Cowan
- Born
- Corby, England
- Genres
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Sceptre
Andrew Cowan was born in Corby, Northamptonshire in 1960, and studied at the University of East Anglia, where he is now Director of Creative Writing and teaches on the Creative Writing MA.His acclaimed first novel, Pig…
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Jim Crace
- Born
- Hertfordshire, England
- Genres
- Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Picador
Novelist Jim Crace was born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1946 and was brought up in north London. He read English Literature as an external student at London University and worked for VSO in Sudan as an assistant in…
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Updated: Robert Crawford
- Born
- Lanarkshire
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
Poet and critic Robert Crawford was born in Belshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1959, and grew up nearby. Educated at Glasgow University and at Oxford, he worked as Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the…
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Gillian Cross
- Born
- London
- Genres
- Children
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Walker Books Ltd
Gillian Cross was born in London in 1945, and studied at Somerville College, Oxford and the University of Sussex. She is the author of several children's books, including the popular 'Demon Headmaster' stories,…
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Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Born
- North Buckinghamshire
- Genres
- Children, Fiction, Libretto, Poetry, Short Stories, Young Adult,
- Publisher
- Orion
Kevin Crossley-Holland was born in 1941 in North Buckinghamshire and grew up in the Chilterns. He studied at Oxford University, where he developed a passion for Anglo-Saxon literature. He became Gregory Fellow in Poetry…
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Updated: Valentine Cunningham
- Born
- Coventry, Warwicks
- Genres
- Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing, Oxford University Press
Valentine Cunningham is Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University, and Tutor and Senior Fellow in English Literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He has lectured widely around the world…
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Updated: Tony Curtis
- Born
- Carmarthen, Wales
- Genres
- Poetry, Non-Fiction
- Publisher
- Seren Books
Tony Curtis was born in Carmarthen in west Wales in 1946. He studied at Swansea University and Goddard College, Vermont, and is the author of several collections of poetry, including War Voices (1995); The Arches…
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Updated: Rachel Cusk
- Born
- Toronto, Canada
- Genres
- Non-Fiction, Fiction
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Ltd
Rachel Cusk was born in Canada in 1967 and spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles before finishing her education at a convent school in England. She read English at New College, Oxford, and has travelled extensively…
