Rodge Glass (born 17 January 1978 in

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) is a British writer.

Biography

Glass was born in

Cheshire, England Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial and Historic counties of England, historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Sta ...

. He attended an "an

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Primary School, an 11+ All Boys Grammar School, a Co-Ed Private School, a Monk-sponsored Catholic College, nd

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public university, public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein ...

in Jerusalem." In 1997, Glass moved to Scotland to receive an undergraduate degree from

Strathclyde University The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal c ...

. For graduate school, he attended

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, where he was tutored by

Alasdair Gray Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...

James Kelman James Kelman (born 9 June 1946) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His novel '' A Disaffection'' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won ...

Janice Galloway Janice Galloway (born 1955 in Saltcoats, Scotland) is a Scottish writer of novels, short stories, prose-poetry, non-fiction and libretti. Biography She is the second daughter of James Galloway and Janet Clark McBride. Her parents separated whe ...

, and received a

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degree in Creative Writing. Between 2002 and 2005, Glass worked as a personal assistant to Alasdair Gray, which inspired his later biography of the writer. In 2008, he received a

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degree from the

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. Glass has worked as an editor for multiple publications and written for ''

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'', ''

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published works by Jack Kerouac, Phi ...

'', '' The Herald'', ''

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,'' and others. In 2013, he began working as a "Reader in Literary Fiction at

Edge Hill University Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male stu ...

and Fiction Editor at

Freight Books Freight Books was an independent publisher based in Glasgow. It published books for an English speaking readership, including award-winning literary fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and humour. Freight Books was named Scotland's Publisher ...

." He is currently a

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in Creative Writing at the

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, where he also serves as the Convener of the

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program in Creative Writing.

Awards

Publications

As editor

* ''The Year of Open Doors'' (Cargo, 2011) * ''Second Lives: Tales From Two Cities'' with Jane Bernstein (Cargo, 2012) * ''Articles of Faith'' by Michael Cannon (Freight, 2014) * ''Head Land'' (Edge Hill University Press, 2016) * ''The Storey's Story: Memories, Stories, Poems, Images''

Biographies

*''Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography'' (2008) *''Michel Faber: The Writer & His Work'' (

Liverpool University Press Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, ...

, 2023)

Novels

* ''No Fireworks'' (Faber & Faber, 2005) * ''Hope for Newborns'' (Faber & Faber, 2008) * ''Dougie's War'' with

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(Freight, 2010)

Short story collections

* ''LoveSexTravelMusik: Stories for the EasyJet Generation'' (Freight, 2013)

Select short stories

* "We're All Gonna Have the Blues," in ''Beacons: Stories for our Not So Distant Future'', edited by ''

Gregory Norminton Gregory Norminton is a novelist born in Berkshire, England, in 1976. 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. He is a Senior Lecturer ...

'' (Oneworld, 2013)

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glass, Rodge 1978 births Living people Scottish writers Scottish novelists Writers from Cheshire Scottish Jews English Jews University of Strathclyde Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni University of Glasgow