Mez Packer
Mez Packer is an English novelist, born in Essex in 1966. She is the author of Among Thieves[1] and The Game Is Altered [2] and an Associate Senior Lecturer at Coventry University.
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[edit] Biography
Mez spent her early years amongst the Plymouth Brethren, in Essex. She attended Warwick University - 1984-88 - gaining a degree in Philosophy and literature.
From the late 1990s to 2003, Mez worked as a web designer, BBC broadcast journalist and content producer. At present she continues her work in Internet media and communications.
Racism is a theme central to her first published work, which Cathi Unsworth of the Guardian praised as "a highly original debut". She lives with her husband and two daughters in Leamington Spa.
[edit] Prizes
Among Thieves was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book - South Asia and Europe, longlisted for the 2010 Author's Club First Novel Award and shortlisted for The People's Book Prize.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Among Thieves (2009)
- The Game Is Altered (2012)
[edit] References
- ^ ( Language English ISBN 0955647622 ISBN 978-0955647628 Tindal Street Press 5 March 2009)
- ^ ( Language English ISBN 9781906994310 Tindal Street Press 2 February 2012)
[edit] External links
Author website
Guardian review
TLS review
Independent on Sunday
Coventry University Website
The People's Book Prize
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