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Jackson, Mick (MA 1992)
The Underground Man (1997) - Society of Authors First Novel Award winner (1997); Booker Prize shortlist (1997); Whitbread First Novel Award shortlist (1997)
Five Boys (2001)
Ten Sorry Tales (2005)
Bears of England (2009)
The Widow's Tale (2010) - East Anglian Book Awards Book of the Year winner (2010)
View the author's page on Fantastic Fiction.
James, Christopher (MA 2000)
Eric Gregory Award 2002
National Poetry Award winner 2008
The Invention of Butterfly (2006)
Jarrett, Clare (MA 2006)
Catherine and the Lion (1996) - Mother Goose Award winner (1996)
Dancing Maddy (1999)
Jamie (2001)
Jamie and the Lost Bird (2002)
The Best Picnic Ever (2004)
Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar (2008)
Visit the author's page on the Laura Cecil website.
Jenkins, Janette (MA 1995)
Columbus Day (1999)
Another Elvis Love Child (2002) - Amazon Second Novel Award shortlist (2002)
Angel of Brooklyn (2008)
Little Bones (2012)
Jensen, Marie-Louise (BA 1986)
Between Two Seas (2008) - Waterstone's Children's Book Prize shortlist (2008)
The Lady In The Tower (2009) - Waterstone's Children's Book Prize shortlist (2009)
Johnson, Margaret (MA 2003)
Titles include:
All I Want (2000)
Next Door to Love (2005)
Murder Maker (2006)
Wild Country (2007)
Running Wild (2009)
Big Hair Day (2010)
Jones, Joshua (BA 2011)
Thought Disorder (2010)
Jones, Wendy (MA 2001)
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Girl (2006)
The Thoughts and Happenings of Mr Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals (2012)
Jordan, Meirion (MA 2008)
Moonrise (2008) - Forward Prize Best First Collection shortlist (2009)
Stranger's Hall (2009) - East Anglian Book Awards shortlist (2009)
Regeneration (2012)
Joseph, Anjali (MA 2008, current PhD)
Saraswati Park (2010) - Betty Trask Award winner (2011); Desmond Elliott Prize winner (2011); The Hindu Best Fiction Award shortlist (2010); Amazon Rising Stars shortlist (2010); Commonwealth Writers; Prize, South Asia and Europe Best First Book shortlist (2011); Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize shortlist (2011); Vodaphone Crossword Book Award co-winner (2011)
Another Country (2012) - Man Asian Literary Prize longlist (2013)
View the author's interview on YouTube.
Joy, Avril (BA 1972)
The Sweet Track (2007)Kapur, Vikram (PhD 2009)
There Is A Fire (2002)
The Wages of Life (2004)
Karnezis, Panos (MA 2000)
Little Infamies (2002)
The Maze (2004) - Whitbread Prize First Novel shortlist (2004)
The Birthday Party (2007)
The Convent (2010) - International Impac Dublin Literary Award longlist (2012)
Visit the author's British Council page.
Kilalea, Katharine (MA 2006)
One Eye'd Leigh (2009) - Costa Poetry Award shortlist (2010); Dylan Thomas Prize longlist (2010)
Kinsman, Rob (MA 2003)
Credits include:
Doctors, (BBC1, 2006-present)
Dickens Confidential (BBC Radio 4, 2010)
High Hopes (BBC Radio 4, 2010)
Land Girls (BBC1, 2011)
Holby City (BBC1, 2012)
Kissick, Gary (PhD 2007)
Winter In Volcano (2000)
Another Kissing Couple Has Exploded (2007)
Klavans, J. K. (MA 1979)
It’s a Little Too Late for a Love Song (1984)
God, He Was Good (1985)
Klein, Leonora (MA 2004)
A Very English Hangman (2006)
Kobak, Annette (MA 1997)
Isabelle: Life of Isabelle Eberhardt (1988)
Joe’s War: My Father Decoded (2004)
Madame De Stael (2010)
Visit the author's Royal Literary Fund page.
Lai, Larissa (MA 2001)
When Fox is a Thousand (1995) - Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award (1995); Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award shortlist
Salt Fish Girl: A Novel (2002) - Sunburst Award Tiptree Award shortlist; City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Award shortlist
Sybil Unrest (2008, with Rita Wong)
Lal, Judith (MA 2001)
Eric Gregory Award (2002)
Flageolets at the Bazaar (2007)
Lambert, Charles (MA 1996, PhD)
Lambert, Richard (MA 2010)
The Magnolia (2008)Lambert, Sonia (MA 2000)
Three Mothers (2007)
Lambert, Zoe (MA 2002)
Ellipsis 2 (with Jane Rogers and Polly Clark, 2007)
The War Tour (2010) - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award longlist
Visit the author's page on Literature North West.
Lapadula, Marc (MA 1984)
Numerous plays and screenplays produced, including:
Not by Name
Last Order
The Rains Change
Night Bloom (1998)
In Uniform Thanksgiving (1999)
Dancer (2001)
Two Shakes (2005)
Mentor (2006)
Visit the author's page on the Johns Hopkins University website.
Laurens, Joanna (MA 2003)
Credits include:
The Three Birds (Gate Theatre, London, 2000) - Time Out Most Outstanding New Talent award winner (2000); Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright (2001)
Five Gold Rings (Almeida Theatre, London, 2003) - Pearson Award winner (2003)
Poor Beck (RCS Other Place, 2004)
La Reine de Coeur, The Queen of Hearts (2011)
Lawes, Jane (BA 2008)
Summertime and Somersaults (2012)
Friendships and Back Flips (2012)
Handsprings and Homework (2012)
Visit the author's page on the A M Heath website.
Leal, Stephanie (MA 2007)
Metrophobia (2009)
Lee, Tom (BA 1993)
Greenfly (2009)
Lehoczky, Agnes (MA 2006; PhD 2010)
ikszedik stacio (Hungary, 2000)
Medalion (Hungary, 2002)
Budapest to Babel (2008)
Poetry, the Geometry of the Living Substance: Four Essays on Agnes Nemes Nagy (2011)
Rememberer (2011)
Visit the author's page on the Cambridge Scholars Publishing website.
Liardet, Frances (1998)
The Game (1994) - Betty Trask Award winner (1994)
Litt, Toby (MA 1995)
Granta Best of Young British Novelists (2003)
Adventures in Capitalism (1996)
Beatniks: An English Road Movie (1997)
Corpsing (2000)
Exhibitionism (2001)
Deadkidsongs (2001)
Finding Myself (2003)
Ghost Story (2004)
Hospital (2007)
I Play The Drums in a Band Called Okay (2008)
Journey into Space (2009)
King Death (2010)
I'm with the Bears (2011)
Lofthouse, Jacqui (MA 1993)
The Temple of Hymen (1995)
A Bluethroat Morning (2000)
Boundaries Road (available only in Dutch: Een Stille Verwijining, 2004)
Loudon, Andrew (MA 2002)
Credits include:
The Tralier (2003)
The Red Gloves (2004)
When Raymond Met Julia (2005, Snap Theatre Company)
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