![]() ![]() The Sweet-Shop Owner, Allen Lane (London, England), 1980, Washington Square Press ( New York, NY), 1985. MEMBER: PEN, Society of Authors, Royal Society of Literature (fellow).ĪWARDS, HONORS: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award, 1983, for Shuttlecock Guardian Fiction Prize and nomination for Booker McConnell Prize, both 1983, Winifred Holtby Prize from Royal Society of Literature, 1984, and Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy), 1987, all for Waterland Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (France), 1994, for Ever After Booker McConnell Prize, and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Best Novel, both 1996, both for Last Orders D.Litt from University of East Anglia and University of York, 1998. Worked as part-time teacher of English at colleges in London, England, 1974-83. Watt Ltd., 20 John St., London WC1N 2DR, England.ĬAREER: Writer. Hobbies and other interests: Fishing.ĪDDRESSES: Home-London, England. Education: Attended Dulwich College, 1960-67 Queen's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1970, M.A., 1975 attended York University, 1970-73. ![]() PERSONAL: Born May 4, 1949, in London, England son of Allan Stanley (a civil servant) and Sheila Irene (Bourne) Swift. ![]()
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