Kerry Hadley-Pryce


UK flag (b.1960)

Kerry Hadley-Pryce was born in Wordsley, in the West Midlands, in 1960. She worked nights in a Wolverhampton petrol station before becoming a secondary school teacher.

 She wrote The Black Country whilst studying for an MA in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School at MMU, for which she gained a distinction and was awarded the Michael Schmidt Prize for outstanding achievement 2013-14. She lives in the Black Country.
 

 
New and upcoming books
January 2025

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Lie of the Land
 
Novels
   The Black Country (2015)
   Gamble (2018)
   God's Country (2023)
   Lie of the Land (2025)
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Books containing stories by Kerry Hadley-Pryce
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Best British Short Stories 2024 (2024)
(Best British Short Stories)
edited by
Nicholas Royle
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Best British Short Stories 2023 (2023)
(Best British Short Stories)
edited by
Nicholas Royle

Award nominations
2019 Encore Award (nominee) : Gamble


Kerry Hadley-Pryce recommends
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Broadcast (2017)
Liam Brown
"I couldn't put Broadcast down. I'll be thinking about this book for a while, and, to me, that's the sign of something really special."



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