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'''Alex Preston''' |
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(Born 18 January, 1979) is a British author and journalist. His first novel, ''This Bleeding City'' was published by [[Faber and Faber]] in March 2010.<ref>http://www.faber.co.uk/author/alex-preston/</ref> The novel won the Spear's Best First Novel Prize<ref>http://www.spearswms.com/good-life/books/19077/spears-book-awards-2010-shortlist.thtml</ref> and was chosen as one of Waterstone's New Voices 2010<ref>http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1492</ref>. Preston is the brother of [[Samuel Preston]], the former singer of [[The Ordinary Boys]] and ''[[Celebrity Big Brother]]'' contestant.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Preston_(singer)</ref> He is the grandson of [[Princeton University]] English professor and literary critic Samuel Hynes.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/19/preston-ordinary-boys-chanelle</ref> Preston has a fortnightly column in the ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alex_preston</ref> He was previously Global Head of Trading at [[The Carlyle Group]]'s Leveraged Finance division.<ref>http://www.ayewrite.com/Programme/The-Authors/alexpreston_authors.htm</ref> |
(Born 18 January, 1979) is a British author and journalist. His first novel, ''This Bleeding City'' was published by [[Faber and Faber]] in March 2010.<ref>http://www.faber.co.uk/author/alex-preston/</ref> The novel won the Spear's Best First Novel Prize<ref>http://www.spearswms.com/good-life/books/19077/spears-book-awards-2010-shortlist.thtml</ref> and was chosen as one of Waterstone's New Voices 2010<ref>http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1492</ref>. Preston is the brother of [[Samuel Preston]], the former singer of [[The Ordinary Boys]] and ''[[Celebrity Big Brother]]'' contestant.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Preston_(singer)</ref> He is the grandson of [[Princeton University]] English professor and literary critic Samuel Hynes.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/19/preston-ordinary-boys-chanelle</ref> Preston has a fortnightly column in the ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref>http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alex_preston</ref> He was previously Global Head of Trading at [[The Carlyle Group]]'s Leveraged Finance division.<ref>http://www.ayewrite.com/Programme/The-Authors/alexpreston_authors.htm</ref> He was educated at [[Hertford College]], [[Oxford University]]. <ref>http://alexhmpreston.com/about/</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:28, 25 August 2010
Alex Preston (Born 18 January, 1979) is a British author and journalist. His first novel, This Bleeding City was published by Faber and Faber in March 2010.[1] The novel won the Spear's Best First Novel Prize[2] and was chosen as one of Waterstone's New Voices 2010[3]. Preston is the brother of Samuel Preston, the former singer of The Ordinary Boys and Celebrity Big Brother contestant.[4] He is the grandson of Princeton University English professor and literary critic Samuel Hynes.[5] Preston has a fortnightly column in the New Statesman.[6] He was previously Global Head of Trading at The Carlyle Group's Leveraged Finance division.[7] He was educated at Hertford College, Oxford University. [8]
References
- ^ http://www.faber.co.uk/author/alex-preston/
- ^ http://www.spearswms.com/good-life/books/19077/spears-book-awards-2010-shortlist.thtml
- ^ http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1492
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Preston_(singer)
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/19/preston-ordinary-boys-chanelle
- ^ http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alex_preston
- ^ http://www.ayewrite.com/Programme/The-Authors/alexpreston_authors.htm
- ^ http://alexhmpreston.com/about/