Zane Radcliffe (born 1969 in Bangor,

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from Northern Ireland.

Early life

Radcliffe graduated from

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, where he was the editor of their student newspaper. After graduation, he briefly worked as a

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for M8. In 1994 he moved to

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to study advertising for a year, after which he took a job as an advertising copyrighter. He spent the following six years writing commercials.''The Killer's Guide to Iceland'', The Author: Biography

Writing career

In 1974, he wrote his first short story, ''My Dog''. In 2001, he wrote his first book, ''London Irish'', which in 2003 won the

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People’s Choice Award for New Talent. Six months later, he wrote his second novel, ''Big Jessie'', and in 2005 wrote ''The Killer’s Guide to Iceland'' which is also published in Black Swan. Currently, he is a Creative Director at Newhaven, at an advertising agency.

List of Works

* London Irish (2002) * Big Jessie (2003) * The Killer's Guide to Iceland (2005)

References

External links

Official Zane Radcliffe website
1969 births Living people People from Bangor, County Down Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Male novelists from Northern Ireland Writers from County Down {{Ireland-writer-stub