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Matt Thorne

(b.1974)

Matt Thorne has published five adult novels to widespread critical acclaim, co-edited the anthology 'All Hail the New Puritans', and is a regular reviewer for the Independent on Sunday.

Awards: RSL (2000) see all

Series

39 Castles
   1. Greengrove Castle (2004)
   2. Clearheart Castle (2005)
   The White Castle (2005)

Novels

   Tourist (1998)
   Eight Minutes Idle (1999)
   Dreaming of Strangers (2000)
   Pictures of You (2001)
   Child Star (2003)
   Cherry (2004)

Anthologies edited

All Hail the New Puritans (2000) (with Nicholas Blincoe)

Books containing stories by Matt Thorne

Perverted by Language (2007)
Fiction inspired by The Fall
edited by
Peter Wild

Tell Tales (2004)
The Anthology of Short Stories
edited by
Courttia Newland and Nii Ayikwei Parkes

The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (2002)
Tales of Life on the Move
(The Mammoth Book of ...)
edited by
Maxim Jakubowski

Awards

2000 Encore Award : Eight Minutes Idle

Award nominations

2004 Booker Prize (longlist) : Cherry

Matt Thorne recommends

Don't Make Me Laugh (2025)
Julia Raeside
"This will undoubtedly be THE debut of 2025. So great to read a novel that does London well, does Edinburgh well and exposes the murky underside of British comedy in such an elegant, continually surprising and compelling way."

Hourglass (2022)
Keiran Goddard
"This is high-wire writing: a novel where every sentence counts. They add up to something profoundly honest and truly magical."

Dance Prone (2020)
David Coventry
"Taught and intelligent, this story of music, trauma and artistic ambition has all the precision, spookiness and elegance of the best post-rock."

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