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WILL SELF |
| Will Self was born in London in 1961. He graduated from Oxford University & began writing fiction, working as a cartoonist for the New Statesman & City Limits, a London listings magazine. |
| Nominated in 1993 as one of Granta magazine's 20 Best of Young British Novelists 2, his fiction includes three short-story collections; The Quantity Theory of Insanity (winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize), Grey Area & Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys. Cock & Bull consists of two novellas & he is also the author of four novels; My Idea of Fun, Great Apes, How the Dead Live & Dorian, a re-telling of Oscar Wilde's classic tale set in late 20th Century Britain. |
| Will's non-fiction includes Perfidious Man described by his publisher as 'an examination of modern masculinity' & Sore Sites, a collection of writings about architecture. In addition, he has published two collections of journalism, Junk Mail & Feeding Frenzy which includes writing from the period 1995-2000. In 2002 he took part in a 'reality art' project in a one-bedroom flat on the 20th floor of a tower block in Liverpool, writing a short piece of fiction while being watched by members of the public. The event was sponsored by Liverpool Housing Action Trust to mark the passing of high-rise housing in the city. His most recent novel is The Butt, winner of the 2008 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. |
| A regular broadcaster on television & radio and contributor to numerous newspapers & magazines, Will Self lives in London with his partner & three children. A book of non-fiction, Psychogeography was published in 2007 & selected short stories, The Undivided Self in 2008. |
For more information on Will Self, Contact Arena. Tel: 0113-239-2222 |