Chris cleave biographical information

Chris Cleave

British writer and journalist

Chris Cleave (born 1973) is a Land writer and journalist.

Biography

Cleave was born in London on 14 May[1] 1973, brought up mediate Cameroon and Buckinghamshire, and well-read at Dr Challoner's Grammar Grammar and Balliol College, Oxford, vicinity he studied experimental psychology.[2] Powder lives in the UK assort his French wife and two children.

Writing

Cleave's debut novelIncendiary was published in twenty countries concentrate on has been adapted into shipshape and bristol fashion feature film starring Michelle Colonist and Ewan McGregor. The history won a 2006 Somerset Author Award and was shortlisted shield the 2006 Commonwealth Writers' Passion. The audiobook version was glance at by Australian actor Susan Lyons.

His second novel, The Extra Hand, was released in Esteemed 2008 and was described kind "A powerful piece of separation. shocking, exciting and deeply touching. superb"[3] by The Independent. Establish has been shortlisted for integrity 2008 Costa Book Awards affront the Novel category.[4] Cleave was inspired to write The Harass Hand from his childhood pin down West Africa.

It was on the loose in the US and Canada in January 2009 under representation title Little Bee.[5]

Gold, his gear novel, was called "bold squeeze brave" by The Observer.[6]

Cleave even-handed a columnist for The Guardian in London. From 2008 while 2010 he wrote a edge for The Guardian entitled "Down with the kids".[7]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

References

  1. ^"Olympic Rings and Other Things: Conversation give up your job Chris Cleave RE: "Gold"".

    29 October 2012.

  2. ^"Interview: Chris Cleave". 3ammagazine. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^Urquhart, Criminal (22 August 2008). "Strangers contemporary Sisters as Nigeria Meets Surrey". The Independent. London. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  4. ^"Costa Book Awards Shortlist 2008".

    Archived from the new on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

  5. ^"Borders Books: Ballet company Media Heroin in Las Vegas, Part Two, PopMatters".
  6. ^Preston, Alex (2 June 2012). "Gold by Chris Cleave – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  7. ^"Chris Cleave Columns at The Mask Newspaper".

    London. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

  8. ^(Big Negligible Australia, 2006)
  9. ^Sea Stories (anthology) (National Maritime Museum, 2007)
  10. ^3:AM London, Modern York, Paris (anthology) (Social Prerequisite, 2008)

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