Martyn Bedford (born 1959) is a British novelist and literary critic.
Martyn Bedford | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of East Anglia |
Life and career
editHe is an alumnus of the University of East Anglia.[1]
The first twelve years of Martyn Bedford's writing career were spent as a journalist on regional newspapers, notably at the Bradford Telegraph and Argus.[2]
His initial book Acts of Revision won the Yorkshire Post “Best First Work” Award.[3] He later became the director of the novel writing programme at the University of Manchester, and is fiction critic for the Literary Review.[4] Currently, Bedford teaches the Creative Writing module at Leeds Trinity University.[5]
In 2008–10, he was Academic Writer-in-Residence, Royal Literary Fund Fellow.[1] Bedford lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, with his wife and two daughters.
Awards and honours
edit- 2011: Costa Book Awards, shortlist, Flip
Bibliography
edit- Acts of Revision (Doubleday, 1996)
- Exit, Orange & Red (Bantam, 1997)
- The Houdini Girl (Random House, 1999)
- Black Cat (Viking, 2000)
- The Virtual Disappearance of Miriam (digital narrative, 2000)
- The Island of Lost Souls (Bloomsbury, 2006)
- Flip (Walker, 2011)
- Never Ending (Walker, 2014)
- Twenty Questions for Gloria (Walker, 2016)
References
edit- ^ a b "Martyn Bedford". The Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Author shortlisted for top book prize". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Books Outloud - Video - Yorkshire Post". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Authors". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Martyn Bedford - Leeds Trinity University". research.leedstrinity.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links
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