Mark Barrowcliffe
Encyclopedia
Mark Barrowcliffe is a British
writer
. He grew up in Coventry
and studied at the University of Sussex
. Barrowcliffe then worked as a journalist
, and also as a stand-up comedian before he started writing his first novel
, Girlfriend 44.
Barrowcliffe achieved early success in the late 1990s as part of the Lad Lit movement. The Elfish Gene is a memoir of growing up uncool, confused, and obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games.
Barrowcliffe's early work was noted for its cynicism and black humour, although Lucky Dog strikes a lighter tone, that of comedic magic realism.
Ron Howard
secured the film rights for Girlfriend 44, and Infidelity for First Time Fathers is in development with 2929.
He lives and writes in Brighton
, and South Cambridgeshire.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He grew up in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
and studied at the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
. Barrowcliffe then worked as a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, and also as a stand-up comedian before he started writing his first novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, Girlfriend 44.
Barrowcliffe achieved early success in the late 1990s as part of the Lad Lit movement. The Elfish Gene is a memoir of growing up uncool, confused, and obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games.
Barrowcliffe's early work was noted for its cynicism and black humour, although Lucky Dog strikes a lighter tone, that of comedic magic realism.
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
secured the film rights for Girlfriend 44, and Infidelity for First Time Fathers is in development with 2929.
He lives and writes in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, and South Cambridgeshire.
Under his own name
(reprint Macmillan, 2002, ISBN 9780312287689) (reprint Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 9780312342807)- The Elfish Gene Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 9781405091268
- Mr Wrong Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 9780230709690
External links
- Author's blog
- Author's website
- An interview with Mark Barrowcliffe
- Interview: Mark Barrowcliffe, 2 February 2009
- http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article4431131.ece