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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Richard T Kelly credit Sarah Lee

Richard T. Kelly was born in 1970 and grew up in Northern Ireland. He is a novelist, screenwriter, b...

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James Kelman 2012 USE CAngusBremner web

James Kelman's early fiction includes the short-story collections An Old Pub Near the Angel (1973) a...

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Stephen Kelman c Jonathan Ring

Stephen Kelman was born in Luton in 1976, and worked in various jobs before deciding to pursue writi...

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Luke Kennard was born in Kingston-upon-Thames in 1981 and grew up in Luton. He is a poet and writer ...

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Novelist and short-story writer A(lison) L(ouise) Kennedy was born in Dundee, Scotland on 22 October...

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Philip Kerr Colour credit Joanna Betts 2013 web

Philip Kerr was born in Edinburgh and read Law and Philosophy at Birmingham University, subjects whi...

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Khalvati Mimi new website

Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, on 28 April 1944. She grew up on the Isle of Wight and was e...

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Ayub Khan-Din was born in 1961 and grew up in Salford, Manchester. After leaving school he worked br...

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Matthew Kneale was born in London in 1960, read Modern History at Oxford University and on graduatin...

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Stephen Knight was born in Swansea in 1960. He read English at Jesus College, Oxford, after which he...

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Zaffar Kunial web

Zaffar Kunial is a British poet born in Birmingham, who currently lives in Shipley, Yorkshire. His m...

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Hari Kunzru credit jamie Diamond use web

Hari Kunzru was born in 1969, and grew up in Essex. He studied English at Oxford University, then ga...

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Hanif Kureishi was born in Kent and read philosophy at King’s College, London. In 1981 he won the Ge...

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Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Chapelton, Jamaica. He moved to London in 1963 to be with h...

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Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing was born in 1977 and grew up in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire. She spent her chil...

Nick Laird credit Mark Pringle

Nick Laird is a lawyer, poet, novelist and critic from Northern Ireland. His essays, reviews and poe...

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Elizabeth Laird C Angus McDowall web

Elizabeth Laird was born in New Zealand of Scottish parents, but grew up in London. Before studying ...

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John Lanchester c John Lanchester web

John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He grew up in the Far East, but was educated in England...

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Lee Langley was born in Calcutta, India. She is the author of several novels, including Changes of A...

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Lasdun James Credit Nina Subin

James Lasdun was born in London and now lives in the US. He is a poet, fiction and screen writer, an...

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