Tim Pears

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Biography

Tim Pears was born in Tonbridge Wells, Kent, on 15 November 1956. He graduated from the National Film and Television School in 1993.

His first novel, In the Place of Fallen Leaves (1993), won both the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award. His second novel, In a Land of Plenty (1997), was filmed for BBC television and first screened in 2001. A Revolution of the Sun (2000), weaves together the stories of seven disparate characters whose lives are changed irrevocably over the course of a year.

His new book, Wake Up (2002), is a tale of genetic engineering and one greengrocer's dream of edible vaccines. Tim Pears lives in Oxford.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Fiction

Bibliography

In the Place of Fallen Leaves   Hamish Hamilton, 1993

In a Land of Plenty   Doubleday, 1997

A Revolution of the Sun   Doubleday, 2000

Wake Up   Bloomsbury, 2002

Read about books by Tim Pears at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Tim Pears at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

1993   Ruth Hadden Memorial Award   In the Place of Fallen Leaves

1994   Hawthornden Prize   In the Place of Fallen Leaves

1996   Lannan Literary Award (Fiction)

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Author statement

'Our lives may be judged by how much, or how little, cruelty we inflict on others.

If a reader comes to empathise with characters in my books, and then extends that understanding to real human beings, then that reader and I have achieved together more than either of us had a right to hope for.

Also, putting together sentences, pen and paper my chisel and plane, is an endlessly hard and pleasing venture.'

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Bloomsbury Publishing plc 38 Soho Square London  W1D 3HB England Tel: +44 (0)20 7494 2111 Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 0151 E-mail: publicity@bloomsbury.com http://www.bloomsbury.com

Agent A. M. Heath & Co Ltd 6 Warwick Court Holborn London  WC1R 5DJ England Tel: +44 (0) 207 242 2811 Fax: +44 (0) 207 242 2711 http://www.amheath.com

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Related links

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