Clive Sinclair (author)
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Clive John Sinclair FRSL (born 19 February 1948) is a British author
who has published several award winning novels and collections of short stories, including The Lady with the Laptop and Bedbugs.
He was educated at the University of East Anglia
(BA, PhD), the University of California, Santa Cruz
, and at the University of Exeter
. He was the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award
for Hearts of Gold in 1981. In 1983, he was recognised in Granta
's list of Best Young British Novelists. Between 1983-87 he was literary editor of the Jewish Chronicle, and in 1988 he was the British Council Guest Writer-in-residence at the University of Uppsala, Sweden
. He has also been the British Library Penguin Writer's Fellow. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
. He has been a visiting lecturer, most frequently at the University of East Anglia
, but also at the University of California, Santa Cruz
, his special subjects being gothic fiction, creative writing, detective fiction, and Holocaust literature. His most recent publications include Clive Sinclair's True Tales of the Wild West and A Soap Opera From Hell: Essays on the Facts of Life and the Facts of Death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
in 1983
The Brothers Singer. (a biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer, I.J. Singer, and Esther Kreitman) London; New York Allison & Busby; Distributed in the USA by Schocken Books, 1983.
Blood Libels. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986
Augustus Rex: A Novel. London: Deutsch, 1992.
The Lady with the Laptop and Other Stories. London: Picador, 1996.
For Good or Evil. London: Picador, 1998.
Meet the Wife.London: Picador, 2002.
Author
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who has published several award winning novels and collections of short stories, including The Lady with the Laptop and Bedbugs.
He was educated at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
(BA, PhD), the University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
, and at the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
. He was the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award
Somerset Maugham Award
The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. It is awarded to whom they judge to be the best writer or writers under the age of thirty-five of a book published in the past year. The prize was instituted in 1947 by William Somerset Maugham and thus...
for Hearts of Gold in 1981. In 1983, he was recognised in Granta
Granta
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centers on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated, "In its blend of...
's list of Best Young British Novelists. Between 1983-87 he was literary editor of the Jewish Chronicle, and in 1988 he was the British Council Guest Writer-in-residence at the University of Uppsala, Sweden
Sweden
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. He has also been the British Library Penguin Writer's Fellow. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
. He has been a visiting lecturer, most frequently at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
, but also at the University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...
, his special subjects being gothic fiction, creative writing, detective fiction, and Holocaust literature. His most recent publications include Clive Sinclair's True Tales of the Wild West and A Soap Opera From Hell: Essays on the Facts of Life and the Facts of Death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". The Society's first president was Thomas Burgess, who later became the Bishop of Salisbury...
in 1983
Works include
Hearts of Gold. London: Allison and Busby, 1979.The Brothers Singer. (a biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer, I.J. Singer, and Esther Kreitman) London; New York Allison & Busby; Distributed in the USA by Schocken Books, 1983.
Blood Libels. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986
Augustus Rex: A Novel. London: Deutsch, 1992.
The Lady with the Laptop and Other Stories. London: Picador, 1996.
For Good or Evil. London: Picador, 1998.
Meet the Wife.London: Picador, 2002.