Ray Robinson (novelist)

Ray Robinson (born 1971 in Bedale, North Yorkshire) is a British novelist and award-winning screenwriter and short-story writer.

Career

Robinson first won attention in 2006 with his debut novel, Electricity (Picador). It was shortlisted for both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award.

The screen adaptation of Electricity premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring Agyness Deyn as Lily.

Robinson’s other novels are The Man Without (2008), Forgetting Zoë (2010), and Jawbone Lake (2013).

Forgetting Zoë was a winner of the inaugural Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, and was the Observer’s ‘Thriller of the Month’. Robinson was hailed as "Among the most impressive voices of Britain’s younger generation" by the Irish Times.

Robinson is a post-graduate of Lancaster University, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Creative Writing in 2006, and is a Literary Mentor and Reader for The Literary Consultancy. He has appeared at literary festivals around the world, including La Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, Mexico, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.