- Tim Pears
Tim Pears (born November 11, 1956) is an English novelist. His novels explore social issues as they are processed through the dynamics of family relationships.
Biography
Although born in
Tonbridge Wells inKent [ [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth245 Tim Pears ] ] , Tim Pears grew up in mid-Devon. He left school at sixteen and worked in a wide variety of jobs: farm labourer, nurse in a mental hospital, painter and decorator, college night porter and many others. He also made short films, and in 1993 graduated from the Direction course at theNational Film and Television School . He wrote the script for a feature film, "Loop", released in 1999.He has had several features published in the
Observer Sports Monthly magazine."In a Land of Plenty" was made into a ten part drama series for the
BBC by Sterling Pictures (withTalkBack Productions ), broadcast in 2001.Tim Pears was Writer in Residence at Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 2002-03, and from autumn of 2006 has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at
Oxford Brookes University .He lives in Oxford with his wife Hania and two children.
Bibliography
* "In the Place of Fallen Leaves" (1993) ISBN 0-7475-7836-2
* "In a Land of Plenty" (1997) ISBN 0-5529-9718-8
* "A Revolution of the Sun" (2000) ISBN 0-5529-9862-1
* "Wake Up" (2002) ISBN 0-7475-6153-2
* "Blenheim Orchard" (2007) ISBN 978-0-7475-8695-1Awards
* 1993 Ruth Hadden Memorial Award for "In the Place of Fallen Leaves"
* 1994 Hawthornden Prize for "In the Place of Fallen Leaves"
* 1996 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction)References
External links
* [http://www.timpears.com Official web site]
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