Patrick Gale
Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler Gale (born January 31, 1962 on the Isle of Wight ) is a British author of novels and screenplays .
life and career
Gale was born in 1962, the youngest of four children. His father was the prison director of HM Prison Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight, so Gale spent much of his childhood on and around the prison grounds. The main character of his most successful bestselling novel Rough Music (2000) is also the son of a prison director. According to WorldCat , this book is on loan and on loan in 673 libraries worldwide.
In 1969 the family moved to Winchester , where his father became the Under-Secretary of State for Prisons . In Winchester he became a choirboy of the Winchester College Chapel Choir. Shortly before his tenth birthday, one of his siblings suffered a nervous breakdown and his mother barely survived a serious car accident that caused irreversible brain injuries.
After graduating from high school, Gale was admitted to the University of Oxford .
His debut novels The Aerodynamics of Pork and Ease (1985) both appeared on the same day. Since 1988 he has lived in the English region of Cornwall, where many of his novels are set. In addition to his writing activities, he is co-founder and artistic director of the North Cornwall Book Festival, which takes place annually in the first week of October in St Endellion. He is one of the patrons of the Charles Causley Fund , Penzance LitFest, and Literature Works.
17 novels and short stories were followed by his successful screenplay debut Man in an Orange Shirt , which was produced by the BBC and broadcast as a two-parter on BBC One as part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act . The main roles were Vanessa Redgrave , Julian Morris , Oliver Jackson-Cohen , Joanna Vanderham , James McArdle and David Gyasi . The plot of the two-part film is based on Gale's family story; his parents were unhappy and only married because of the pressures of their time; his father was gay.
Works
- 1985: The Aerodynamics of Pork
- 1985: Ease
- 1987: Kansas in August
- 1988: Facing the Tank
- 1989: Little Bits of Baby
- 1990: The Cat Sanctuary
- 1996: The Facts of Life
- 1996: Dangerous Pleasures
- 1999: Tree Surgery for Beginners
- 2000: Rough Music
- 2003: A Sweet Obscurity
- 2005: Friendly Fire
- 2007: Notes from an Exhibition
- 2009: The Whole Day Through
- 2009: Gentleman's Relish
- 2012: A Perfectly Good Man
- 2015: A Place Called Winter
- 2017: Man in an Orange Shirt (screenplay)
- 2018: Take Nothing With You
Web links
- Patrick Gales website
- Gales bibliography
- BIGfib.com: Interview with Patrick Gale
- OutUK.com: Interview with Patrick Gale
- Dymocks Online: Interview with Patrick Gale
- 5 th -Estate- Blog : Article by Patrick Gale
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author information on his website . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ Genes Reunited: Patrick Gale - England & Wales Births 1837-2006 (1) . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ WorldCat.org: Gale, Patrick 1962– . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ Chris Beck: Work in Progress , review in: Weekend Australian 11/12. November 2000, p. 8
- ^ Results for Patrick Gale> Patrick Gale in WorldCat.org . Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e Paul Veitch and Peter Karp: Exploring love and marriage , in: Sunday Canberra Times, September 6, 1998, p. 18
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gale, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gale, Patrick Evelyn Hugh Sadler (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer of novels and screenplays |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on the Isle of Wight |