Jonathan Tulloch is a British author, naturalist, and former teacher who writes regular nature features for

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ...

and

The Tablet ''The Tablet'' is a Catholic international weekly review published in London. Brendan Walsh, previously literary editor and then acting editor, was appointed editor in July 2017. History ''The Tablet'' was launched in 1840 by a Quaker convert ...

. His 2000 novel ''The Season Ticket'' was adapted into the film ''

Purely Belter ''Purely Belter'' is a 2000 British comedy drama film directed by Mark Herman about two teenagers (Chris Beattie and Greg McLane) trying to get money, by any means necessary, in order to get season tickets for home games of Premier League footbal ...

'' and serialised on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...

. Tulloch's books have received reviews from "wholly absorbing" to "a pitch-perfect realisation of the bleak mundanity of daily life". He was born in

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...

, and has also lived in Gateshead, South Africa and

Bagby Bagby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, south-east of Thirsk. The parish had a population of 470 according to the 2001 census. The population of the parish was 593 at the 2011 Census. The pari ...

. Tulloch was

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...

candidate in Stillington Ward for the

2013 North Yorkshire County Council election An election to North Yorkshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 72 councillors were elected from 68 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by firs ...

. He came second with 17% of the vote.

Awards

*2000,

Betty Trask Award The Betty Trask Prize and Awards are for first novels written by authors under the age of 35, who reside in a current or former Commonwealth nation. Each year the awards total £20,000, with one author receiving a larger prize amount, called the ...

for ''The Season Ticket'' *2003, J.B. Priestley Award for ''The Lottery'' *2009, K. Blundell Award for ''The Lottery''

Books

*''The Season Ticket'' (2000, adults) *''The Bonny Lad'' (2002, adults) *''The Lottery'' (2004, adults) *''I Am A Cloud, I Can Blow Anywhere'' (2007, children) *''Give Us This Day'' (2007, adults) *''A Winding Road'' (2011, adults) *''Mr McCool'' (2012, children) *''Larkinland'' (2017, adults) *''Cuckoo Summer'' (2022, children)

References

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