Richard Mason (novelist born 1977)
- Richard Mason (novelist born 1977)
Richard Mason (born 1977) is an English novelist.
Born in Johannesburg, in South Africa, he was ten years old when he moved to England with his parents. He was educated at Eton and New College Oxford. His first novel, "The Drowning People", was published during his first year at Oxford, and has since been translated into 22 languages.
He set up the Kay Mason Foundation, in memory of his sister, who died when he was a child. The aim of the foundation is to make the best education available for young people in South Africa.The foundation has the patronage of Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
He is openly gay. [cite news|title=The "IoS" Pink List 2008|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-iiosi-pink-list-2008-852032.html |work=Independent on Sunday |date=2008-06-22 |accessdate=2008-06-22]
Bibliography
* "The Drowning People", 1999
* "Us", 2004
* "The Lighted Rooms", 2008
References
External links
* [http://www.kaymasonfoundation.org Kay Mason Foundation link]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/06/18/bomason18.xml&page=1 Article on Richard Mason]
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