Zane Radcliffe is an author

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 from Northern Ireland.

Early life

Radcliffe graduated from Queen's University Belfast, where he was the editor of their student newspaper. After graduation, he briefly worked as a journalist

Journalist

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 for M8

M8 (magazine)

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. In 1994 he moved to London

London

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 to study advertising for a year, after which he took a job as an advertising copyrighter. He spent the following six years writing commercials.

Writing career

In 2001, he wrote his first book, London Irish, which in 2003 won the W H Smith

W H Smith

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 People’s Choice Award for New Talent

WH Smith Literary Award

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. Six months later, he wrote his second novel, Big Jessie, and in 2005 wrote The Killer’s Guide to Iceland.