Robert Edric

Robert Edric (born 1956) is the pseudonym of Gary Edric Armitage, a British novelist born in Sheffield.

His trilogy of detective novels, "Cradle Song", "Siren Song", and "Swan Song", also know as the "Song Cycle" are set in the city of Hull.

Works

* "Winter Garden" (1985) - winner, 1985 James Tait Black Award
* "A New Ice Age" (1986) - runner up, 1986 Guardian Fiction Award
* "A Lunar Eclipse" (1989)
* "In The Days of the American Museum" (1990)
* "The Broken Lands" (1992)
* "Hallowed Ground" (1993)
* "The Earth Made of Glass" (1994)
* "Elysium" (1995)
* "In Desolate Heaven" (1997)
* "The Sword Cabinet" (1999)
* "The Book of the Heathen" (2000)
* "Peacetime" (2002) - long listed, 2002 Man Booker Prize
* "Cradle Song" (2003)
* "Siren Song" (2004)
* "Swan Song" (2005)
* "The Mermaids" (2006)
* "Gathering the Water" (2006) - long listed, 2006 Man Booker Prize
* "The Kingdom of Ashes" (2007)
* "In Zodiac Light" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/07/20/boedric.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/07/20/bomain.html Telegraph Arts article, July 2003]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,,1804378,00.html Guardian article, June 2006]