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(b.Jon McGregor was born in Bermuda in 1976.
He moved with his family to England and spent his childhood in Norwich and Thetford, Norfolk, later studying at Bradford University for a degree in Media Technology and Production. He started writing seriously during his final year at University, contributing a series entitled 'Cinema 100' to the anthology Five Uneasy Pieces (Pulp Faction). He has had short fiction published by several magazines, including Granta magazine. He has been runner-up in the BBC National Short Story Competition twice, in 2010 and 2011.
He moved with his family to England and spent his childhood in Norwich and Thetford, Norfolk, later studying at Bradford University for a degree in Media Technology and Production. He started writing seriously during his final year at University, contributing a series entitled 'Cinema 100' to the anthology Five Uneasy Pieces (Pulp Faction). He has had short fiction published by several magazines, including Granta magazine. He has been runner-up in the BBC National Short Story Competition twice, in 2010 and 2011.
Awards: Nibbies (2018), Dublin (2012), Society of Authors (2003) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things (2002)
So Many Ways to Begin (2006)
Even the Dogs (2010)
Lean Fall Stand (2021)
So Many Ways to Begin (2006)
Even the Dogs (2010)
Lean Fall Stand (2021)
Collections
The BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (2010) (with others)
This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (2012)
Reverse Engineering (2022) (with others)
This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (2012)
Reverse Engineering (2022) (with others)
Jon McGregor recommends
Pity (2024)
Andrew McMillan
"We already knew that Andrew McMillan could turn a phrase. With his debut novel, he also shows us a rare gift for storytelling. Pity digs deep into the heart and history of South Yorkshire and brings out the black gold of love, longing and loss. A triumph."
We Move (2022)
Gurnaik Johal
"These are excellent stories, told with skill and verve. Gurnaik Johal has a sharp eye for details, an ear for the gaps and evasions in real dialogue, and a heart for the hopes and regrets that carry us through our lives. But most of all, he has the instincts of a storyteller, and in We Move he has put those instincts to great effect."
The Great Mistake (2021)
Jonathan Lee
"A wonderful, compelling, finely-tuned and deeply loveable novel, with a central character who is all of those things too. Jonathan Lee has taken the bare facts of a nearly-forgotten life and turned them into a rich and unforgettable story, told with a relish for language and voice. Mr. Andrew Haswell Green now has permanent lodgings in my brain, and very welcome he is too."
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