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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Susanna Clarke web

Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959, and spent her childhood in Northern England and Scotl...

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AnnCleeves Author Pic c Micha Theiner

Novelist Ann Cleeves was born in Herefordshire in 1954 and in 2014 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate...

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Clifton Pat McGuigan

Poet Harry Clifton was born in Dublin in 1952, and educated at Blackrock College and University Coll...

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Jonathan Coe High Res

Novelist Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,...

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Eoin Colfer credit Mark Allan web

Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, on the south east coast of Ireland, in 1965. He studied in Dublin, ...

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Richard Collins

Richard Collins lives near Aberystwyth and has worked as a farm labourer, gardener and estate worker...

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BR Collins

B. R. Collins was born in 1981 and lives in Kent. She studied English at Kings College, Cambridge, t...

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Conn Colin Hattersley web

Stewart Conn was born in Glasgow and grew up in Ayrshire. After studying at the University of Glasgo...

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Freelance writer, poet and translator, David Constantine was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1944. H...

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Dominic Cooke was born in 1966. He is currently Associate Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company,...

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Sophie Cooke was born in 1976 and grew up in Stirlingshire. She studied Social Anthopology at the Un...

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Wendy Cope

Poet Wendy Cope was born in Erith, Kent in 1945 and read History at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She ...

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Julia Copus

Julia Copus is a poet and radio dramatist. She was born in London in 1969, and studied Latin at Durh...

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Charlotte Cory c Visitorian Institute

Charlotte Cory was born in 1956 in Bristol, England. She read English at the University of Bristol a...

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Andrew Cowan web

Andrew Cowan was born in Corby, Northamptonshire in 1960, and studied at the University of East Angl...

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Novelist Jim Crace was born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1946 and was brought up in north London. H...

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Robert Crawford web

Poet and critic Robert Crawford was born in Belshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1959, and grew up ne...

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Gillian Cross was born in London in 1945, and studied at Somerville College, Oxford and the Universi...

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Kevin Crossley-Holland was born in 1941 in North Buckinghamshire and grew up in the Chilterns. He st...

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Valentine Cunningham is Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University, and Tutor...

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