Chris Killen (Author)
Chris Killen (* 1981 ) is a British writer.
Life
Chris Killen grew up in Kenilworth , Warwickshire . He studied English at Nottingham Trent University and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester .
He worked for the bookstore chain Waterstone’s in Manchester and published his first novel, The bird room , in 2009 . In 2013 he worked on the film production of Wizard's Way , in 2015 his second novel, In Real Life, was published .
Works
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The bird room . Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009
- The bird room: Roman . From the English by Henning Ahrens. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2009
- In real life . Edinburgh: Canongate, 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about Chris Killen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Chris Killen (author) in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Chris Killen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Chris Killen , at Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Chris Killen , at Canongate
- Chris Killen , interview with view from here magazine, 2009
- Rosa Rankin-Gee: In Real Life by Chris Killen review - a triangular love story for the digital age , review, in: The Guardian , January 10, 2015
- Jon Day: Lost in My Space , review, in: Financial Times , January 24, 2015, p. 10
Individual evidence
- ↑ Q&A with author Chris Killen , in: Financial Times , January 30, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Killen, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |