Ray Robinson (born 1971 in

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, North Yorkshire) is a British

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, screenwriter and musician.

Career

Robinson is a graduate of

Liverpool School of Art The John Lennon Art and Design Building (formerly the Art and Design Academy) in Liverpool, England, houses Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research univers ...

, where he studied graphic design. He was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing from

Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...

in 2006. His debut novel ''Electricity'' was shortlisted for both the

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and the

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presente ...

. The screen adaptation of ''Electricity'' premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2014, starring

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. The film won Best Screenplay at the inaugural National Film Awards in 2015. His other novels are ''The Man Without'' (2008), ''Forgetting Zoë'' (2010), ''Jawbone Lake'' (2013) and ''The Mating Habits of Stags'' (2019). ''Forgetting Zoë'' was a winner of the inaugural

Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize was a promotional initiative and literary award for British writers of outstanding works of fiction. History Fiction Uncovered was established as a promotional tool in 2010 by The Literary Platform, supported b ...

and ''The Mating Habits of Stags'' was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. Robinson was hailed as "among the most impressive voices of Britain's younger generation" by the ''

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''. As a screenwriter, he co-authored the documentary film ''Dream Town'', examining a decaying Russian coal mining town on the Norwegian island of

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. The film won Best Picture at the Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2016 he wrote the multi-award-winning, BAFTA-longlisted short film ''Edith'', starring

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and

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, which was also longlisted at the

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. ''The Mating Habits of Stags'' is based on the film. Robinson (under the alias "Wodwo") is also a guitarist, composer & sound artist, and has produced musical scores for film, video games, theatre and dance. His music varies from minimal loop-based microsound and lowercase, to neoclassical, experimental drone and ambient.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Ray 21st-century British novelists Living people 1971 births British male novelists People from Bedale Alumni of Lancaster University 21st-century British male writers