Nicholas Royle (publisher)
Nicholas Royle (born March 20, 1963 in Sale , Manchester ) is a British author, publisher and editor.
Life
Royle began writing short stories while studying. Science fiction writers Derek Marlowe and M. John Harrison initially had a huge influence on his writing. His first novel Counterparts came out in 1995, his seventh novel was titled First Novel in 2013 .
Royle won two British Fantasy Awards in 1992 and 1993, and in 1993 for an anthology that he edited. His novel The Matter of the Heart was founded in 1997 with the Bad Sex in Fiction Award of the Literary Review award critical.
Royle founded Nightjar Press, a publishing company that prints short stories in single editions. Royle has published the annual anthology The Best British Short Stories at Salt since 2011 . Other anthologies he edited include A Book of Two Halves , The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writers' Dreams , The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories, and Dreams Never End . He brought Alison Moore to Salt, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012 with her debut novel The Lighthouse . The author Wyl Menmuir , supervised by Royle, made it onto his longlist in 2016 .
Royle teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University's Manchester Writing School . He heads the selection committee for the Manchester Fiction Prize.
Royle is married with two children and lives in Manchester.
Works (selection)
- Counterparts . Penguin, 1995
- Saxophone Dreams . Penguin, 1996
- The Matter of the Heart . Abacus, 1997
- The Director's Cut . Abacus, 2001
- Antwerp . Serpent's Tail, 2005
- Murmurations . Anthology, 2006
- The Enigma of Departure . PS Publishing, 2008
- The appetite . Gray Friar Press, 2008
- Regicide . Serpent's Tail, 2011
- Mortality . Short stories. Serpent's Tail, 2011
- First novel . Johnathan Cape, 2013
literature
- Roelof Bakker: Q&A Nicholas Royle , interview, Negative Press London, September 14, 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicholas Royle in the bibliographic database WorldCat (note: unadjusted stock)
- Nicholas Royle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nicholas Royle , website
- Nicholas Royle , Index of Entries in The Guardian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nightjar Press , website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Royle, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author, publisher and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sale (Greater Manchester) |