Paul Meloy
Paul Meloy | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Psychiatric Nurse & Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | Present |
| Genre | Horror & Fantasy |
| Subject | English Literature |
| Website | |
| http://www.myspace.com/islingtoncrocs | |
Paul Meloy is an English born writer of what Graham Joyce referred to as Fractured Realism.
Biography
Meloy was born in Surrey in 1966. He went to school in Sutton. He has worked in a variety of mental health settings, institutions and environments with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities. His writing shows that his life as a mental health professional has influenced his work. He lives near Cambridge and has two children.
Meloy has a long history with TTA Press, debuting in The Third Alternative #14 with The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit. The magazine Black Static, the successor to The Third Alternative, borrowed its name from another Meloy story and in 2008 TTA Press published a critically acclaimed collection of his work, Islington Crocodiles. [1] Islington Crocodiles is a chronological collection of Meloy’s short stories [2]
Books By This Author
- Islington Crocodiles(2008)ISBN 978-0-9553683-1-8
Published Short Stories By This Author
- The Last Great Paldin of Idle Conceit The Third Alternative #14 - TTA Press