Mez Packer is an English novelist. She is the author of Among Thieves and The Game Is Altered and lectures at Coventry University.
Mez Packer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Essex  |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Novelist, university teacher |
| Employer | |
| Website | http://www.mezpacker.co.uk/ |
Biography
editPacker was born in Essex, England[1] and spent her early years amongst the Plymouth Brethren, in Essex.[2] She attended Warwick University from 1984 to 1988, gaining a degree in Philosophy and literature.[2]
From the late 1990s to 2003, she worked as a web designer, BBC broadcast journalist and content producer.[citation needed] She continues her work in Internet media and communications.
Racism is a theme central to her first novel, Among Thieves, published in 2009.[3][4] Cathi Unsworth of The Guardian praised it as "a highly original debut".[3]
Her second novel, The Game Is Altered, in the speculative fiction genre, was published in 2012. She describes it as "a hybrid literary form".[5]
She is senior lecturer in interactive media and a visiting lecturer in creative writing, at Coventry University.[6]
In 2019, Packer obtained a PhD from the University of Huddersfield, supervised by Sarah Falcus, with a thesis entitled "Genre and language: defining temporal, physical and non-physical spaces in speculative techno-dystopian fiction".[5]
Prizes
editAmong Thieves was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book – South Asia and Europe, longlisted for the 2010 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award[1] and shortlisted for The People's Book Prize.[citation needed] It won the 2010 Coventry Inspiration Award.[2]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- —— (2009). Among Thieves. Tindal Street Press. ISBN 9780955647628.
- —— (2012). The Game Is Altered. Tindal Street Press. ISBN 9781906994310.
Other work
edit- Arnold, G.; Bell, J, eds. (2013). "Mr Spider". The Sea in Birmingham. Birmingham: TSFG Press. pp. 2–15.
References
edit- ^ a b "Mez Packer". Serpent's Tail. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Vonledebur, Catherine (7 March 2012). "Your Life: Mez Packer on writing her new novel, The Game is Altered". Coventry Live. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b Unsworth, Cathi (14 March 2009). "Review: Among Thieves by Mez Packer". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Thomson, Ian (22 April 2009). "British fiction and the cultural in-between". The Times Literary Supplement. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011.
- ^ a b Packer, Mary (2019). "Genre and language: defining temporal, physical and non-physical spaces in speculative techno-dystopian fiction". University of Huddersfield. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Mez Packer". Coventry University. Retrieved 9 January 2020.