Gregory Norminton (born 1976) is an English novelist.
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Born in
Berkshire
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and educated at
Wellington College, he read English at
Regent's Park College, Oxford and studied acting at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...
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He is a Senior Lecturer in creative writing at
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...
. He lives in Sheffield with his wife, Emma, and their daughter. They are
Quakers
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.
His novels include ''The Ship of Fools'' (2002), ''Arts and Wonders'' (2004), ''Ghost Portrait'' (2005) and ''Serious Things'' (2008), all published by Sceptre. ''The Lost Art of Losing'', a collection of aphorisms, and ''Thumbnails'', a collection of stories, have been published by Vagabond Voices. In April 2017,
Comma Press brought out his second collection of short stories, ''The Ghost Who Bled''. ''The Devil's Highway'', Norminton's fifth novel - and his first in nearly ten years - was published by Fourth Estate in January 2018.
Gregory Norminton wrote the stories 'Fall Caesar', 'The Poison Tree' and 'The Fortress at Bruges' for
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...
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Norminton's work for radio includes dramatisations of ''The Machine Stops'' by
. His translations include ''The Dictionary of Received Ideas'' by
.
In 2005 he took part in ''Planet Action'', an eco-reality series made by the global television network
.
Following his return, Norminton worked for years to create a collection of short stories by major British writers responding to the
. In 2013,
published ''Beacons - stories for our not so distant future'', edited by Gregory Norminton, with original fiction from writers including
. Author royalties from the sale of the paperback and e-book go to
. He received a Writer's Award from the
in 2010.