John L. Saul

For other people named John Saul, see John Saul (disambiguation).

John Saul born in Liverpool, England, on 1 October 1948 is a British novelist and short story writer.

John Saul is one of the UK's leading short story writers as well as a gifted novelist.

"John Saul is one of our best short story writers." — Nicholas Royle Time Out

Biography

John Saul was born in Liverpool, England. He has also lived in France, Canada, Germany and Ecuador, where he began writing fiction. His short stories (over 100) have appeared extensively in the UK and elsewhere, most notably in Australia and Canada. He is the author of Call It Tender and The Most Serene Republic: love stories from cities, both published by Salt Publishing. The Times wrote of Call It Tender on 9 June 2007 that "the short story is not only alive but being reinvigorated in excitingly diverse ways" and Time Out (18 July 2007) "It represents Saul at the peak of his powers." His third book of short stories, As Rivers Flow - "a beautifully conceived collection", said the Short Review (5 Oct 2009) - appeared in 2009, and his fourth, Even the butterfly must endure the storm, in 2013. Given the presence of these collections, it can be fairly said that his work has been making a rare contribution to the life of the short story in the UK. In 2013 he began an innovative project for words and music with the musician Jan Pulsford, which saw performances at the National Portrait Gallery and Writeidea Festival in London. His short fiction has been shortlisted for inclusion in Best European Fiction 2012 (Dalkey Archive) and the 2015 Sean O'Faolain prize for fiction. The novel Seventeen is available online.

Bibliography

Novels

• Heron and Quin (Aidan Ellis, 1990)

Short stories

• even the butterfly must endure the storm (Hopscotch, 2013)
• As Rivers Flow (Salt Publishing, 2009)
• The Most Serene Republic (Salt Publishing, 2008)
• Call it Tender (Salt Publishing, 2007)

Anthologies

• Best British Short Stories (Salt, 2016)
• These Are Our Lives (Stinging Fly, Ireland 2006)
• Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll: Stories to end the century (Serpent's Tail, 1997)
• New Writing 5 (Vintage, 1996)
• Cold Comfort (Serpent's Tail, 1996)
• New Writing 4 (Vintage, 1995)
• Border Lines (Serpent's Tail, 1993)
• Sex and the City (Serpent's Tail, 1989)
• Best of the Fiction Magazine (JM Dent, 1986)

Websites & Online Resources

Salt Contemporary Writers profile
http://www.johnsaul.co.uk/