Scarlett Thomas

Infobox Writer
name = Scarlett Thomas


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birthdate = 1972
birthplace = England
occupation = Novelist
notableworks = "The End of Mr. Y"
"PopCo"

Scarlett Thomas is an English author, born in 1972. She attended a variety of schools, including a state junior school in Barking, and a boarding school for eighteen months. During her teenage years she was involved in demonstrations against the Poll Tax, nuclear weapons and the first Gulf War. She studied for her A levels at Chelmsford College and achieved a First in a degree in Cultural Studies at the University of East London from 1992-1995.

Thomas was one of the authors to feature in the New Puritans anthology of 2002.

She has taught English Literature at the University of Kent since 2004 [http://www.kent.ac.uk/english/staff-research/profiles/thomas.html] , and also writes for the "Literary Review", the "Independent on Sunday", and "Scotland on Sunday".

Her first three novels feature Lily Pascale, an English literature lecturer who solves murder mysteries. Each of the succeeding novels is independent of the others. Her literary agent is Simon Trewin. [http://unitedagents.co.uk/books/scarlett-thomas/] , and she is currently working upon her eighth novel.

She is this year (2008) joining the Edinburgh International Film Festival jury, along with Director Iain Softley and presided over by actor Danny Huston [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib5821482a13c514f76d0d9f99f788b02] [http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jp0Mpxxks1zZfSLXZMThv9_8-xOw]

Novels

* "Dead Clever" (1998)
* "In Your Face" (1999)
* "Seaside" (1999)
* "Bright Young Things" (2001)
* "Going Out" (2002)
* "PopCo" (2004)
* "The End of Mr. Y" (2006).

Short Stories

* "Brother and Sister and Foot" - Curly Tales series, on Radio 4, August 2005
* "Interlude" - Product Magazine, Winter 04-05
* "The Whole Country" - Zembla Magazine, Summer 2004
* "Why My Grandmother Learned to Play the Flute" - Curly Tales series, on Radio 4, November 2003
* "The Old School Museum" - Big Night Out, HarperCollins, 2002
* "Debbie’s Dreams" - The Stealth Corporation magazine, 2002
* "Goldfish" - Butterfly Magazine, Issue 5, 2000
* "Mind Control" - All Hail the New Puritans 4th Estate, 2000
* "Five Easy Ways with Chilli" - 2008 [http://inkognitoh.livejournal.com/125363.html]

External links

* [http://www.bookgirl.org/ Official site] currently broken
* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2005/jun/interview_scarlett_thomas.html 2005 interview] in "3am magazine"
* [http://www.edrants.com/segundo/?p=146 2007 Audio Interview] in The Bat Segundo Show #117
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-end-of-mr-y-by-scarlett-thomas-456977.html Book Review] of "The End of Mr. Y" in The Independent
* [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/070722/books10.htm Book Review] of "The End of Mr. Y" in the Dawn Newspaper
* [http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/thomass/popco.htm Book Reviews] of "PopCo"
*" [http://www.bookgirl.org/index.php?page=notes_for_new_writers The Author and The Text] ", a lecture given by Scarlett Thomas at the University of Kent