Duncan McLaren (born 1957) is a British writer, critic, and author. He is known for his books ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious And Inventive Life Of Enid Blyton'', published by

Granta ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make ...

, and ''Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love'', published by Harbour Books. He was a writer in residence at

Grizedale Arts Grizedale Arts is a contemporary arts residency and commissioning agency based in Cumbria, England. Its primary artists' residency space is the former hill farm Lawson Park, sited on the edge of Grizedale Forest in the central Lake District. It ...

in 2002. Since 2021, McLaren has been writing a biography of the conceptual artist

On Kawara was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in SoHo, New York City, from 1965 until his death. He took part in many solo and group Art exhibition, exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976. Early life Kawara was born in Kariya, Japan on ...

Career

McLaren's career has included book writing, journalism, and authoring essays for exhibition catalogues. He also maintained a blog, which was shortlisted for the

Orwell Prize The Orwell Prize is a British prize for political writing. The Prize is awarded by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (Registered Charity No 1161563, formerly "The Orwell Prize") governed by a board of trustees. Four prizes are award ...

for Blogs in 2011.

Books

* ''Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love'' (2015, Harbour Books) * ''George MacDonald 1824–1905'' (2007, Deveron Arts) * ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton'' (2007, Granta) * ''The Strangled Cry of the Writer-in-Residence'' (2002, Grizedale Arts) * ''Personal Delivery'' (1998, Quartet Books) His book ''Looking For Enid: The Mysterious and Inventive Life of Enid Blyton'' received the

Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...

Magazine's Grown-Up Award for Non-Fiction in 2007.

Essays for Catalogues

McLaren has contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogues for artists such as

Bill Drummond William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer. He was a co-founder of the late-1980s avant-garde pop group the KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with wh ...

and Sharon Kivland.

References

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