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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Zoe Fairbairns c Roderick Field 1

Zoe Fairbairns was born in England on 20 December 1948, and educated at the University of St. Andrew...

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Helen Falconer

Novelist Helen Falconer was born and brought up in London. She was educated at Camden School for Gir...

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Sara Fanelli was born in 1969 in Florence, where she studied for a Diploma di Maturita at the Liceo ...

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FarleyPaul cr Jemimah Kuhfeld

Poet Paul Farley was born in Liverpool, England in 1965 and studied at the Chelsea School of Art. He...

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Sebastian Faulks was born on 20 April 1953 and was educated at Wellington College and Emmanuel Colle...

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Feaver Vicki Credit Caroline Forbes

Poet Vicki Feaver was born in Nottingham in 1943 and educated at Durham University and University Co...

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Elaine Feinstein c Martin Feinstein

Poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator Elaine Feinstein was born ...

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Alison Fell was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1944. She was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinbur...

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Poet and critic James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949, and was brought up in Yorkshire and Staffo...

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Georgina Ferry Photo web

Science writer Georgina Ferry is a freelance writer, editor and broadcaster. Born in Hong Kong in 19...

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Jasper Fforde web

Jasper Fforde was born in 1961 and spent his early career in the film industry. He is the author of ...

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William Fiennes was brought up in Oxfordshire and studied at Oxford University. His first book, The ...

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Peter Finch

Peter Finch lives in Cardiff and is a poet, critic, author and reviewer. In the 1960s and '70s he ed...

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Anne Fine no credit web

Anne Fine is a distinguished writer for both adults and children.  Her novel Goggle-Eyes (1989) won ...

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Fischer Tibor Credit Charles Glover

Tibor Fischer was born in Stockport, England in 1959 to Hungarian parents, both professional basketb...

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Fish Laura Credit Nigel Barklie web

Laura Fish was born in 1964. She studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia and has o...

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Allen Fisher 2 web

Allen Fisher was born in 1944, and is a poet, artist and publisher, and the editor of Spanner magazi...

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Sue Fletcher by Graeme Cornes web

Susan Fletcher was born in Birmingham in 1979. She studied Creative Writing at the University of Eas...

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David Flusfeder c Kate Boxer

Novelist David Flusfeder was born in the US in 1960. His first novel, Man Kills Woman, was published...

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leontia flynn

Leontia Flynn was born in County Down in 1974, and completed a Ph.D. at Queen's University, Belfast....

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