Lee Henshaw (born 1972,

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) is a British fiction writer. His first novel, '' Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room'', was published by Legend Press in 2008 and was called 'distinctive and engaging' by ''

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''. It also received praise from comedian and author Dom Joly. He called it ‘simply brilliant’ and described Lee as ‘a stoned new Kerouac’. Fruit Tree Books released the '' Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room'' audiobook in early 2011. The American actor

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'') recorded the audiobook in Manhattan in the summer of 2010.

Biography

In 1989, during his ‘year out’ between A Levels and University, Henshaw wrote for his local newspaper, ''The Macclesfield Express'', as a music columnist. He also published a local music fanzine called ''Feedback''. While at university in Manchester in 1990 he recorded features for Mark Radcliffe’s BBC Radio 5 show ''Hit The North'' and wrote features for the listings magazine ''City Life''. For his creative writing module at university he wrote his first fiction, a short story called ''Hedley Had An Erection''. In 1993 he became the music columnist and a feature writer for ''

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''. His first book, a biography of the rock band

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''. Henshaw currently lives in London with his wife and two children and is working on his next novel, ''The Uncertainty of Friendship'', a tragedy set in Macclesfield in 1989.

References

External links

Lee Henshaw website''Queer Fish in God's Waiting Room'' extractReview at ''Read in a Single Sitting''
Living people British writers 1972 births People from Macclesfield {{UK-writer-stub