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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 whom we have worked with. Included in the profiles are biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, and information about awards.

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Alan Bissett
Alan Bissett

Alan Bissett was born in 1975 in Falkirk, Scotland. David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’, re-released, was a...

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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman was born in 1962. She qualified in Computer Science and followed a successful caree...

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Sir Quentin Blake

Sir Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators and children's authors. He was bo...

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Jan Blake

Jan Blake is one of Europe's leading storytellers who has been performing world-wide since 1986. She...

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Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale, born in Liverpool in 1946, taught at various schools in Lancashire before becoming R...

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Nicholas Blincoe

Nicholas Blincoe was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1965, and studied at art college and for a PhD...

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Valerie Bloom

Valerie Bloom was born in Jamaica and came to England in 1979. She studied English with African and ...

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Robyn Bolam

Robyn Bolam (formerly published as Marion Lomax) was born in Newcastle in 1953 and grew up in Northu...

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Denis Bond

Denis Bond first worked as an actor on stage and in television, then became a teacher for some years...

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Malika Booker
Malika Booker

Malika Booker is a writer, spoken word and multidisciplinary artist, whose work spans literature, ed...

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Stephen Booth
Stephen Booth

Stephen Booth was born in Burnley and brought up in Blackpool, Lancashire. After graduating from Bir...

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Sean Borodale

Sean Borodale was born in London in 1973 and lives in Liverpool and Ireland. He works as a poet and ...

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Tim Bowler

Tim Bowler is the author of several prize-winning books for children, teenagers and young adults. Hi...

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Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce was born in Liverpool and studied English at Oxford University. He first worked...

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William Boyd

William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, on 7 March 1952. He was educated at Gordonstoun School, Glasg...

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Michael Bracewell

Writer, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell was born in London in 1958. Educated at ...

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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg

Broadcaster, writer and novelist Melvyn Bragg was born on 6 October, 1939 in Wigton, Cumbria, in the...

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Carys Bray

Carys Bray was brought up in a strict Mormon family in Southport, Lancashire, England, where she sti...

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Jean Binta Breeze

Jean 'Binta' Breeze was born in Jamaica in 1957. She studied at the Jamaican School of Drama with Mi...

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Chaz Brenchley

Chaz Brenchley was born in 1959 in Oxford. In his early twenties, he wrote for a variety of teenage ...

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