Eleanor Thom (born 1979 in London)
is a British writer. She won the 2006 New Writing Ventures competition with "Burns", a chapter from her first novel ''The Tin-Kin''. The book recalls experiences of her mother's family who were
Scottish Travellers and settled in
Elgin between 1920 and 1950. In 2009, ''The Tin-Kin'' won the
Scottish First Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the
Not the Booker Prize.
In 2008, Thom was awarded a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship to begin work on a second novel.
Thom attended
Chesham High School from 1995 to 1997, and later studied at
University College London
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, and the
University of Glasgow
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.
References
External links
Official HomepageBBC News Article
1979 births
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Alumni of University College London
British writers
Living people
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