Robert Williams
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Williams grew up in Clitheroe, Lancashire and currently lives in Manchester. His first novel, Luke and Jon, won a Betty Trask Award, was translated into seven languages and called 'a hugely impressive debut' in the Daily Telegraph. He has worked in a secondary school library, as a bookseller for Waterstones, and has written and released music under the name The Library Trust.
WEBSITE
www.robertwilliamsauthor.co.uk/
GENRE
Fiction
PUBLICATIONS | PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Luke and Jon, Faber 2010
How the Trouble Started, Faber 2012
WORKSHOP | READINGS EXPERIENCE","REFERENCE/S
Edinburgh Book Festival
Berlin International Literature Festival
Festival Du Premier Roman, Chambery
amongst other readings/events
REFERENCE/S
Feel free to contact any old employers you can track down. Tell them I say hello.
GROUP SIZE PREFERENCE
Any
GROUP AGE PREFERENCE
16 +
WORKING LANGUAGE/S
English
AREA/S PREPARED TO TRAVEL
Happy to discuss
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