Gregory Norminton
Gregory Norminton is a novelist born in Berkshire, England, in 1976.[1] Educated at Wellington College, he read English at Regent's Park College, Oxford and studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[1] He is a lecturer in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
His novels include The Ship of Fools (2002), Arts and Wonders (2004), Ghost Portrait (2005) and Serious Things (2008), all published by Sceptre. He wrote the stories 'Fall Caesar', 'The Poison Tree' and 'The Fortress at Bruges' for BBC Radio 4,[2] and his short stories have appeared in editions of Prospect, Resurgence, London Magazine and Zembla.
Norminton's work for radio includes dramatisations of The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster and Utz by Bruce Chatwin. He is an occasional contributor to The Verb on BBC Radio 3.
In 2005 he took part in Planet Action, an eco-reality series made by the global television network Animal Planet in conjunction with the WWF.[3]
Norminton has been writer in residence at Magdalene College, Cambridge and he was a featured artist at the 2003 International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He received a Writer’s Award from the Arts Council of England in 2003, and another from the Scottish Arts Council in 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "IWP Archive Global Express". IWP Archive Global Express. University of Iowa. May 2004. http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~iwp/Global_Express/Normington.html. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading". BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading. BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading. February 2006. http://google.com/search?q=cache:8mV5DZqTgPcJ:www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/afternoonreading/pip/aq7oq/+%22gregory+norminton%22+addiction+poison+tree&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
- ^ "Animal Planet - Planet Action - Team Profiles - Gregory". Animal Planet - Planet Action - Team Profiles - Gregory. Animal Planet. http://www.animalplanet.co.uk/planetaction/teamprofiles/gregory/index.shtml. Retrieved 2006-06-23.
[edit] External links
- Murrough O'Brien, 'Gregory Norminton: The eco-activist provides a portentous warning about our treatment of the planet', The Independent on Sunday, 20 January 2008
- 'Endnotes', The Guardian 29 January 2008
- Gregory Norminton's Website
- Gregory Norminton's Blog
- A review of one of Gregory Norminton's novels
