Richard Milward (born 26 October 1984 in

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) is an English novelist. His debut novel ''

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'' was published by Faber in 2007. He has also written ''Ten Storey Love Song'' and most recently ''Kimberly's Capital Punishment''. Raised in

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, he attended Laurence Jackson School and

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, then studied fine art at Byam Shaw School of Art at

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in London. He cites '' Trainspotting'' by Irvine Welsh as the book that made him want to write and

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and Hunter S. Thompson as influences. He joined fellow Teessider Michael Smith in writing a column for '' Dazed & Confused'' magazine.

Apples

Milward's

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is an account of teenage life on a Middlesbrough housing estate. It is narrated in the first person by several characters (including a butterfly), but mainly by Adam and Eve, two school students. Adam is a shy, ungainly youth with obsessive compulsive disorder, a love of

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, and a violent father. He believes himself to be in love with Eve, who is an attractive and promiscuous hard drinker and drug user.

Bibliography

Novels

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'' (2007) *''Ten Storey Love Song'' (2009) *''Kimberly's Capital Punishment'' (2012)

References

External links

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Faber author page''Times'' feature 'Teenage kicks', April 28, 2007''3:AM Magazine'' interview (02/2008)
1984 births 21st-century English novelists Living people English male novelists People from Guisborough 21st-century English male writers {{UK-novelist-stub