Duncan McLaren (author)
Duncan McLaren | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Writer |
Duncan McLaren (born 1957) is a British writer, critic, and author. He is known for his books Looking For Enid: The Mysterious And Inventive Life Of Enid Blyton, published by Granta, and Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, published by Harbour Books. He was a writer in residence at Grizedale Arts in 2002.
Career
McLaren's career has included book writing, journalism, and authoring essays for exhibition catalogues. He also maintained a blog, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Blogs in 2011.[1]
Books
2015: Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, Harbour Books 2007: George MacDonald 1824-1905, Deveron Arts 2007: Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton, Granta 2002: The Strangled Cry of the Writer-in-Residence, Grizedale Arts 1998: Personal Delivery, Quartet Books
His book Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton received the Saga Magazine’s Grown-Up Award for Non-Fiction in 2007.
Essays for Catalogues
McLaren has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogues for artists such as Bill Drummond[2] and Sharon Kivland[3].