Dan Rhodes

Dan Rhodes
Born	1972
Residence	Buxton, Derbyshire[1]
Education	MA in creative writing
Alma mater	University of Glamorgan
Notable works	Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003)
Spouse	Emmily[1]
Children	Arthur[1]
Website
http://danrhodes.co.uk/

Dan Rhodes (born 1972) is an English writer, possibly best known for the novel Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003), a subversion of the popular Lassie Come Home movie. He is also the author of Anthropology (2000), a collection of 101 stories, each consisting of 101 carefully chosen words, Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love (2001), The Little White Car (2004), Gold (2007), and Little Hands Clapping (2010). In 2010 he was awarded the E. M. Forster Award^[2]

Following the publication of his second book, Rhodes's frustration with the publishing industry led him to announce his retirement from writing, though he later said, "I haven't really given up. I'm certainly not making any more grand pronouncements. I was just sick of the business and wanted out. Not just the publishers; everyone around me."^{[citation needed]}

Rhodes was included on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2003, to his own bemusement and frustration, partly because of Granta's selection methods ("It's one thing to judge a writer by stuff they've written, but to judge them on stuff they're going to write is lunacy") but also because some of the others on the list failed to respond to his request to sign a joint statement protesting against the Iraq war.^[1][3]

Background

Rhodes grew up in Devon,^[4] and completed an MA in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. Don't Tell Me The Truth About Love was written at this time. He has held a variety of jobs, including stockroom assistant for Waterstone's, barman in his parents' pub, and a teacher in Ho Chi Minh City. He has also worked on a fruit and vegetable farm.^[5]

Bibliography

Collections

• Anthropology: And a Hundred Other Stories (2000) ISBN 1-84195-614-7
• Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love (2001) ISBN 1-84195-613-9

Novels

• Timoleon Vieta Come Home (2003) ISBN 1-84195-481-0
• The Little White Car (under the pen name Danuta de Rhodes) (2004) ISBN 1-84195-528-0
• Gold (2007) ISBN 978-1841959535
• Little Hands Clapping (2010) ISBN 1-84767-529-3
• This Is Life (March 2012)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Guest, Katy. Dan Rhodes: 'Revenge is why I write', The Independent, 7 February 2010.
2. ^ http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4777:rhodes-wins-e-m-forster-award&catid=913:prizes&Itemid=94
3. ^ Gallix, Andrew. A small but satisfactory kick in Blair's nuts, 3ammagazine.com, July 2003.
4. ^ Writer hopes readers give his new book a big hand, thisisderbyshire.co.uk.
5. ^ Evans, Lloyd. A writer's life: Dan Rhodes, The Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2003.

External links

• Dan Rhodes Official Site
• Canongate homepage
• Dan Rhodes at Contemporary Writers

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