Luke Sutherland

Luke Sutherland (born 1971, London) is an English-born Scottish [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2838/is_4_39/ai_n16127944 "Black Scottish novelist and pan-European indie-pop-star Luke Sutherland"] ] [ [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,1168736,00.html The Guardian] - "... my parents' nationality - they are both (lowland) Scottish... "; "... he regaled us with tales of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the continuing wars of independence. I identified with the Scottish cause, bristled with a measure of patriotic pride."] novelist and musician.

Biography

Sutherland was brought up in Orkney and Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross by his adoptive Scottish parents, who moved to Scotland from Lincolnshire in 1976. He was educated at Glasgow University, where he read English and drama. He is a musician and songwriter, and was a founding member of the band Long Fin Killie, with which he released three albums. He subsequently formed the band Bows, who released two albums, and has played violin with Mogwai.
His most recent music project is Music A.M..
Sutherlands debut novel, "Jelly Roll", was nominated for the Whitbread Prize in the first novel category in 1998.

Bibliography

*"Jelly Roll", Anchor (1998)
*"Sweetmeat", Anchor (2002)
*"Venus as a Boy", Bloomsbury (2004)

External links

* [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth02D2M281812627210 Biography] , British Arts Council
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=87390095 Bows/Lukesutherland Music] , MySpace Music Page

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