In a matter of weeks, your TBR list will be longer than you are tall, you will be wondering how the heck you walked into a bookstore for one little book, and walked out with two bags crammed full of new novels you never knew you wanted. He is a winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award.Īre you searching for the NEXT best book?Īre you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi Are you searching for the NEXT best book?Īre you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, big name book stores, and library or used book sales? Are your bookshelves currently a little tight of space? He teaches creative writing and literature at The University of Manchester, where he is the co-founder of the University's Centre for New Writing.

Ian grew up in East Yorkshire, and studied at the University of Manchester in England and the University of Virginia in the United States. Ian McGuire is the author of The Abstainer published in September 2020 by Random House (USA) and Simon & Schuster (UK), The North Water published by in 2016 by Henry Holt (USA) and Simon & Schuster (UK), and Incredible Bodies published in 2007 by Bloomsbury. He is a winner of the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award.

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