Lisa Blower
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Lisa Blower is a British writer who won the Arnold Bennett Book Prize in 2020 for her short story collection It's Gone Dark over Bill's Mother's.
Early life[edit]
Blower grew up in Stoke-on-Trent.[1]
Career[edit]
Blower is a creative writing lecturer at Bangor University.[1]
In 2009, her short story Broken Crockery won the Guardian Weekend's summer short fiction special.[2] She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for her story Barmouth in 2013.[3][4]
Her debut novel, Sitting Ducks, was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Arnold Bennett Book Prize in 2017.[5] Blower's debut short story collection, It's Gone Dark over Bill's Mother's, published in 2019 is set in Stoke-on-Trent.[6] It won the Arnold Bennett Book Prize and was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize in 2020.[7][8] Blower published the novel Pondweed in 2020.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Waal, Kit de (2018-02-10). "Kit de Waal: 'Make room for working class writers'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Northedge, Charlotte (2009-07-31). "Brief encounters: our summer short fiction special". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Bury, Liz (2013-10-09). "Sarah Hall's tale of woman who turns into a fox wins BBC short story award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Bury, Liz (2013-09-20). "All-woman shortlist for BBC short story award 2013". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Amphlett, Jenny (2017-08-10). "Arnold Bennett Book Prize finalists announced". Stoke on Trent Live. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Hudson, Kerry (2019-05-17). "True grit: Kerry Hudson on books that show real working-class life". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2020 winners announced!". Myriad. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "O'Callaghan longlisted for Edge Hill Short Story Prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Books: Five new books to read this week". The Herald. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
