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This unique, searchable database contains profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers, as well as writers from these regions with whom we have worked. Included in the profiles are biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews and information about awards.

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Charlotte Voake Walker Books website
Charlotte Voake

Charlotte Voake was born in 1957 in Wales, and was brought up in Chepstow and the Wirral. She studie...

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Jeffrey Wainwright

Poet, critic and translator Professor Jeffrey Wainwright was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He taught at th...

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Mark Waldron

The poet Mark Waldron was born in New York, and has worked in advertising for many years. His first ...

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Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh was born in Warrington in 1977. Her first novel, Brass, was published in 2004 and was as...

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Joanna Walsh

Joanna Walsh's books include Hotel (Bloomsbury UK and US Sept 2015), Vertigo (Dorothy, A Publishing ...

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Minette Walters

Minette Walters was born in Hertfordshire. She read French at Durham University and worked as sub-ed...

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Michelene Wandor

Michelene Wandor is a playwright, poet, short story writer, critic and musician. Born in 1940, the d...

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Sophie Wardle Damian Comyns website
Sarah Wardle

Sarah Wardle was born in London in 1969, and studied Classics at Oxford University and English at Su...

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Marina Warner

Novelist, critic and cultural historian Marina Warner was born in London on 9 November 1946 to an En...

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Alan Warner

Scottish novelist Alan Warner was born in 1964. Together with Irvine Welsh and A. L. Kennedy he is s...

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Tom Warner

Tom Warner was born in 1979 in Nottinghamshire and lives in Norwich. He was a recipient of an Eric G...

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Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters

Sarah Waters was born in 1966 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She studied English Literature at the univers...

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Cat Weatherill

Cat Weatherill is one of Europe's leading performance storytellers. She is also a bestselling childr...

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Dr Chris Weedon

Dr Chris Weedon was born in West Germany in 1952. She was educated at Southampton University and at ...

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Fay Weldon

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter Fay Weldon was born on 22 September 1931. She was brought up i...

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Stanley Wells

Born in 1930, Stanley Wells is a renowned authority on Shakespeare and other writers of his time. He...

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Philip Wells

Philip Wells is a performance poet who performs in a huge variety of venues. He is Poet in Residence...

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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh in 1958. He lived in London after leaving school, but returned to...

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Louise Welsh

After studying history at Glasgow University, Louise Welsh established a second-hand bookshop, where...

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Simonetta Wenkert website
Simonetta Wenkert

Simonetta Wenkert was born in 1965 of Italian-Austrian parents. She studied at Durham University and...

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