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Alex Christofi is a British author, known for his 2015 debut novel Glass.

Early life

Christofi was born in Dorset to a British mother and Cypriot father, and grew up in Bournemouth.[1] He was educated at Bournemouth School, where his father was a teacher.[2]

He earned a degree in English from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[1][3]

Career

Before publishing his first novel, Christofi worked as a literary agent for over five years. In 2015, he published his debut novel Glass. It tells the story of Gunter Glass, a 22-year old, half-German window cleaner.[1] For Glass, he won the 2016 Betty Trask Prize.[4] In 2017, he published his second novel, Let Us Be True, about a German-born couple falling in love in post-war France.[5]

In 2015, Christofi was appointed commissioning editor for non-fiction at Oneworld, previously working for Conville and Walsh.[6] In February 2020, it was announced he would be leaving Oneworld to join Transworld Publishers's non-fiction team as a editorial director in April of that year.[7]

Personal life

Christofi currently lives in London.[8]

Published works

  • Glass (2015)[9]
  • Let Us Be True (2017)[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c O'Kelly, Lisa; Hoggard, Liz; Jones, Corinne; Bromwich, Kathryn; Kellaway, Kate; Clark, Alex; Scholes, Lucy (11 January 2015). "New faces of fiction 2015". the Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ Westhead, Ian (16 October 2019). "2019 Guest Speaker". oldbournemouthians.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "LMH News – Issue 1 2018". Issuu. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ Cowdrey, Katherine (22 June 2016). "Christofi debut wins £10k Betty Trask Prize | The Bookseller". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. ^ Thomas, Carys (19 August 2017). "It's the Weekend: Book reviews". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha (16 September 2015). "Oneworld appoints Christofi as commissioning editor | The Bookseller". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  7. ^ Leslie, Florence (18 February 2020). "Christofi trades Oneworld for Transworld | The Bookseller". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  8. ^ Fishwick, Samuel (16 July 2015). "Meet the debutants: hot summer reads by new novelists". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  9. ^ Ashworth, Jenn (9 May 2015). "Glass by Alex Christofi review – a comic look at how to live". The Guardian.
  10. ^ Marriott, James (12 August 2017). "Review: Let Us Be True by Alex Christofi". The Times.
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