Mark Barrowcliffe
Mark Barrowcliffe (born Coventry, 1964) is a British writer. He grew up in Coventry and studied at the University of Sussex. Barrowcliffe then worked as a journalist,[1] and also as a stand-up comedian before he started writing his first novel, Girlfriend 44.
Barrowcliffe achieved early success in the late 1990s as part of the Lad Lit movement. The Elfish Gene is a memoir of growing up uncool, confused, and obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games.[2] Barrowcliffe's early work was noted for its cynicism[who?] and black humour, although Lucky Dog strikes a lighter tone, that of comedic magic realism.
Ron Howard secured the film rights for Girlfriend 44, and Infidelity for First Time Fathers is in development with 2929.[3]
He lives and writes in Brighton,[4] and South Cambridgeshire.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Under his own name
- Girlfriend 44. Headline. 2000. ISBN 9780747268147. http://books.google.com/books?id=Rq0hpQUA9-0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mark+Barrowcliffe&source=bl&ots=0UXhFoQPGw&sig=1kYf_ZHuzcKga7NkfhIziC8bgxo&hl=en&ei=bb6XS6P-C4q2NuaS0Ho&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&q=&f=false. (reprint Macmillan, 2002, ISBN 9780312287689)
- Infidelity for first-time fathers. Macmillan. 2002. ISBN 9780312291464. http://books.google.com/books?id=746cNwUbnIoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mark+Barrowcliffe&cd=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Lucky Dog. Review. 2004. ISBN 9780747267997. http://books.google.com/books?id=RrxUKDl5vBgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Mark+Barrowcliffe&cd=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false. (reprint Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 9780312342807)
- The Elfish Gene Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 9781405091268
- Mr Wrong Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 9780230709690
[edit] As M.D. Lachan
- Wolfsangel [5] - 2010, ISBN 978-1616143572
[edit] Travel Writing
- Barrowcliffe, Mark (12 September 2009). "Magical reality". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/sep/12/peru-ancash-region-south-america. Retrieved 2010-05-12.</ref>
[edit] References
- ^ http://journalisted.com/mark-barrowcliffe
- ^ Virshup, Amy (November 19, 2008). "Newly Released". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/books/20new.html?ref=books. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/300801.Mark_Barrowcliffe
- ^ http://us.macmillan.com/author/markbarrowcliffe
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/M.-D.-Lachlan/e/B003BVZI2A/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
