Zane Radcliffe (born 1969 in Bangor, Northern Ireland) is an author from Northern Ireland.
Zane Radcliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Early life
editRadcliffe graduated from Queen's University Belfast, where he was the editor of their student newspaper.[citation needed] After graduation, he briefly worked as a journalist for M8. In 1994 he moved to London to study advertising for a year, after which he took a job as an advertising copyrighter. He spent the following six years writing commercials.[1]
Writing career
editIn 1974, he wrote his first short story, My Dog.[2] In 2001, he wrote his first book, London Irish, which in 2003 won the W H Smith People’s Choice Award for New Talent.[3] Six months later, he wrote his second novel, Big Jessie, and in 2005 wrote The Killer’s Guide to Iceland which is also published in Black Swan.[1] Currently, he is a Creative Director at Newhaven, at an advertising agency.[2]
List of Works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c The Killer's Guide to Iceland, The Author: Biography Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Zane Radcliffe". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ BBC News: 18 March 2003. Double book win for Attenborough.
- ^ Radcliffe, Zane (31 October 2012). London Irish. Transworld. ISBN 978-1-4481-6745-6.
- ^ Radcliffe, Zane (31 October 2012). Big Jessie. Transworld. ISBN 978-1-4481-6744-9.
External links
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